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Notebooks cost )1.20 each. This weekend they will be on sale for $0.80. What percentage is the sale

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Each book costs $1.20 each
This price is at 100%
You have to figure out the percentage.
100%=$1.20
1.20*x=0.80*100
x being the new price
1.20x=80
x=80/1.20
x=66.7%
You will want to round the 66.7% to the nearest tenth
Your answer is 67% off the original cost of the notebook
User Erich Eichinger
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40% i believe is the answer
User Pschild
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