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a set of speakers that regularly cost $160 are on clearance for 35% off. Find the sales price of the speakers

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I'm pretty sure this is the answer....

The speakers are $56.

Sorry if i'm wrong. :')

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You want to buy something that costs $160, and it's on sale for 35% off. What is the item's sale price?

First, convert the 35% to a real mathematical number. For percents, this is always done by dividing the 35% by 100%, or 35% / 100% = 0.350.

Second, find out what 35% of $160 is. This is the amount of the sale discount. This is always found by mulitplying 0.350 by the item's cost $160, like this:

0.350 x $160 = $56.00.

So for this sale, you'll save $56.00 on this item.

This means, the cost of the item to you is

$160 - $56.00 = $104.00.

Alternatively, you can think about it this way. The item is 35% off. This means you'll pay 65.000% of the total cost (100% - 35% = 65.000%).

Now what's 65.000% of the total cost?

0.650 x $160 = $104.00.

Just like the result above, the sale price on the item is $104.00

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