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Jason wants to buy a sweater that costs $65.50 the sweater is 40% of what is the price of the sweater now? Be sure to explain.

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since you are taking 40% off of the original price, you are left with 60% of the cost for what you will be paying
because of this, you would multiply 65.50 by 60% (60% can also be written as 0.6)

65.50*0.6 = 39.30

the sweater now costs $39.30
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