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Find the new price for the markdown. Round to the nearest cent if necessary. $12.99 marked down 25%

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$9.74

I like to do these equations backwards and multiply the first number by the opposite of it. ( think 1- the percent as a decimal) however, you can do this by converting the percent into a decimal and then subtracting that from the original number.

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