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Denise bought a T-shirt at the sale price of $24. The original cost of a T-shirt was $40. What percent represents the discount that Denise received when buying the T-shirt?

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Answer:

Explanation:

we subtract to find how much they saved, 40-24=16

now we divide 16 by 40 to get the percent 16/40 = 0.4

40%

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