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The sale price of a shirt is $\$ 17.25$ after a $25 \%$ discount is taken.The sale price is what percent of the regular price?
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This means that the sale price is 75% of the original price. We can represent this relationship mathematically as follows: \[0.75 \times X = \$17.25\] where X is the original price of the shirt. Show more…
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