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Sally bought a sweater for $24.99 with a 25% discount. What is the price of the

sweater after the discount?

User Aquino
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$18.74

24.99 Times .75 = 18.74
User Freddie Fabregas
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There are two ways to do this, the one that makes more logical sense and the faster one

You can first calculate how much is 25%. You do this by $24.99 × 25 ÷ 100

Since you know how much is "discounted", just minus the answer you get above with the original price ($24.99 - $6.2475)

The quicker way is to recognise that "original price" is always 100%. In other words, you can just do 100% - 25% and get 75%. Then, $24.99×75÷100 is your answer.

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