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An item on sale costs 35% of the original price. If the original price was $60, what is the sale price?

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0.35 * 60 = 21, therefore $21


When dealing with percentages they are numerators (?wc) of 100, so 0.35 = 35/100.
In percentage calculations you want to make the original/starting value equivalent to the 100 denominator
35/100 * 6000/100
This sum is the same as the first line… sorry if this is more confusing ;-;
TL;DR: take the percentage as 0.XX and times by original value if going lower in value. If your going higher do 1.XX
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