6 Farah is buying clothes from a website. The website shows this information about a jacket Farah wants to buy. Jacket original price £30.99 sale price £16 The website claims this is a saving of 46%. Is the sale price a saving of 46% on the original price? Show why you think this.
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46% of 30.99 is (46/100) * 30.99 = 14.25 (approximately) Show more…
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