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  • 17-05-2018
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a dress was reduced from $100 to $85. express the discount as a % of the original price

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  • 17-05-2018
The discount is $100 -85 = $15. As a fraction of the original price, the discount is
  $15/$100 = 15/100 = 15%


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It can be helpful to think of "%" as another way to write "/100".
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