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Find the sale price of the item. Round to two decimal places if necessary.

Original price: $217.90

Markdown: 79%

The sale price is $___

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Hello! The markdown of the price is 79%. Even with that, you still have to pay 21% of the price. All we have to do is multiply the original price by the percent. 217.90 * 0.21 is 45.759 or 45.76 when rounded to the nearest hundredth. The sale price is $45.76.
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