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Nikki brought a patio set on sale for $480 the original price was 850 what is the rate of discount

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Answer:

43.5%

Explanation:

Substitute the original price of $850 and the sale price of $480 to find

amount of discount=850−480=370

Use the amount of discount, $370, to find the discount rate. Use the equation

amount of discount=discount rate×original price.

Rearrange the equation to solve for the unknown value.

discount rate=amount of discountoriginal price

Substitute in the known values and solve to find the discount rate.

370850=0.435=43.5%

Thus, the discount rate on the patio set was 43.5%.

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