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1. A 25% discount on a skateboard is $24.75. What is the cost before the discount?

2.At a music store, Rita got a $12 discount on an item originally priced at $48. What percent discount did she get?
3.Masako had a $25-off coupon on a purchase of $100 or more at a department store. She bought a jacket for a price of $125. What is the percent discount on her purchase?
Background info for 4: Masako’s sister Kazuko also had a $25-off coupon. She bought a rain jacket for $110 at the same store.
4.Which sister got the greater percent discount?
Background for 5 and 6: Aladar used a 20%-discount coupon to buy a new smartphone priced at $95. When he got to the telecom store, he learned that they were having a 30%-off sale. The clerk calculated the 30% discount first and then applied the 20%-off coupon to the discounted amount.
5.What should be the final price (without sales tax)?
6.If there was an 8% sales tax what would the new final price?

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1. x-x*0.25=24.75

x=33

2. 48+12=60

12/60=1/5

20 percent discount

3. 25/125=1/5

20 percent discount

4.

Both got same discount

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