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Brad buys a jacket that is on sale for 30% off the original price. The expression p - 0.3p can be used to find the sale price of the jacket, where p is the original price of the jacket. If the original price of the jacket is $80, what is the sale price?

User MSingh
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Sale price is p - 0.3p, or $80 - 0.3($80) = ?
User Coping
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The sale price is $56.

p=80
80-0.3(80)=
80-24=

56
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