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A jacket that normally sells for $\$ 180$ is on sale at a $35 \%$ discount. What is the sale price of the jacket?
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We can do this by multiplying the original price of the jacket by the discount rate. The discount rate is given as 35%, but we need to convert this to a decimal to do the calculation. We do this by dividing 35 by 100, which gives us 0.35. So, the calculation is Show more…
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