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A tool that regularly sells for $18.50 is on sale for 20% off what is the sale price

User Timclutton
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$3.7 because if you you multiply 18.50 by 20 and divide my 100 you get 3.7
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18.50=100





User Oleksandr Yanovets
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If there is a sale off of 20%, it means the discount is 20%.

The current price would now be = (100 -20)% = 80%.

80% of 18.5

= 80/100 * 18.5 Use your calculator

= 0.8 * 18.5 = 14.8

The sale price is now $14.80.
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