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A backpack is on sale for 15% off the original price of $39.99. What is the sale price?

Answer 1

$33.99

Explanation:

We are given that we have 15%.

What this means is that we subtract 15% from 100%.

Doing that we get 1.00 - 0.15 = 0.85

Therefore the price equals $39.99 * 0.85

The final price is $33.99

Answer 2

33.99

Explanation:

multiply the original by 100-the sale percentage

(100-15 = 85

.85x39.99