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An antique store increases all of its prices by 40%, and then announces a 25%-off-everything sale. What percent of the original prices (before the increase) are the new prices?
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An antique store increases all of its prices by 40%, and then announces a 25%-off-everything sale. What percent of the original prices (before the increase) are the new prices?

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105%

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User Wolfram Rittmeyer
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The answer is 105%

Original prices + 40% is 140%. 25% off of 140% is 105%.
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