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Andre wants to buy a backpack. The normal price of the backpack is $$\$ 40 .$$ He notices that a store that sells the backpack is having a $30 \%$ off sale. What is the sale price of the backpack?
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We do this by dividing the percentage by 100. So, 30% becomes 0.3. Show more…
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