Joy is planning to purchase a sweater that costs 30$ dollars at her local department store. The sweaters are on sale for for 20%

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IrinaVladis [17]

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Joy is planning to purchase a sweater that costs 30$ dollars at her local department store. The sweaters are on sale for for 20%

off.
Which steps are needed to find the sale price of the sweater in words?

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1 answer:

Andrew [12] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-28T20:39:23+03:00

Since you know the price before the sale, you know that 30$ is 100%. Then you can easily find out how much money is the discount percentage: 0.3 x 20 = 6$.
Then you just have to subtract 6 (the given percent) from 30 (the actual price) and you will get <span>sale price of the sweater.</span>