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Apple offers a student discount of 15%. Emily purchased a new laptop, originally priced at $1,500. How much did she pay? A) $225.B) $1,125.C).$1.275.D) $1,485.

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We are told that a discount of 15% is offered for laptops and that a person purchased a laptop priced at $1500. To find how much was paid we need to subtract 15% of the original price, to that we will first find the 15% of 1500, by multiplying this number by 15/100, like this:


1500*(15)/(100)=225

Now we will subtract this amount from the original price, like this:


1500-225=1275

Therefore, the person paid $1275

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