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Leia wants to buy a jacket that is $45.00. It's on

sale for 22% off. How much will Leia be paying for
the jacket?

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Answer:

$35.10

Explanation:

The discount amount is subtracted from the original price to find the discounted price. That math can be done a couple of different ways.

discount = discount rate × original price

sale price = original price - discount

Or, these equations can be combined:

sale price = original amount × (1 - discount rate)

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Using the latter equation, we get ...

sale price = $45.00 × (1 - 0.22) = $45.00 × 0.78 = $35.10

Leia will be paying $35.10 for the jacket.

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