30 marked down by 0.5% means you need to find 0.5% of 30 and then subtract that from 30.
Find 0.5% of 30:
30 ( 0.005) = 0.15
Take that away from 30:
30 - 0.15 = 29.85
29.85 is 30 marked down by 0.5%.
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