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Find the percent of the discount when the original price is 79.75 andbthe sales price is 14.85

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Steps:
1. Do 79.75 minus 14.85 which is 64.9
2. 64.9 is how much the discount was
3. You do a proportion
X/100 times 64.9/79.75
4. 64.9 times 100= 6,490
5. 6,490 divided by 79.75 is 81.379
Your answer is
81.379%
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