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A purse that is originally priced at 39.99 is marked down 30% what is the sale price of the purse

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To find a new price with a percentage discount, take the inverse of the percentage and multiply that by the original price.
39.99(.7) = 27.993
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27.99, u have to multiply 39.99 by 70 and divide by 100
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