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Find the amount of the discount on a $120 bicycle that is on sale for 25%

User Dmytro Zarezenko
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Let's begin by listing out the information given to us:

Price of bicycle = $120

Discount rate = 25% = 0.25

The discount is gotten by the formula shown below:

Discount = Price - Price x discount rate

Discounted Price = 120 - 120 x 0.25

Discounted Price = 120 - 30 = 90

Discounted Price = $90

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