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A store is having a 25•/• off sale on all shirts. show two ways to calculate the sale price for a shirt that normally costs $24.

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if it's 25% off, then the new price is 75% of the old price
so multiply 75% or 0.75 by 24 = 18

or you could do it this way:
25% is 1/4. so to get 1/4 of 24 divide: 24/4 = 6 (the discounted amount)
then subtract: 24 - 6 = 18

so either percentages or fractions!
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