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the price of a $250 coat increased 7% last year ago is now on sale for 1/2 off what is the sale price

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For finding the 7% of $250 you should say:
(7*250)/100 which is equal to $17.5

So the price of the sale was 250 - 17.5 which is 232.5
Well, the half of that gives you the answer for the price of the coat right now, which is 116.25 :)

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