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Lex
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Lex asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 7 years ago

Math help?? Percents and Discounts ?

"The 299.99 cell phone Brittany purchased was on sale for 10% off. What amount did Brittany get off the price ?

Please explain the procedure because there are tons of questions like that so I really need to know how to solve it so I can figure out the rest

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    you take 299.99 x .10=29.99 299.99-29.99=270.00 Brittany got 29.99 off the phone. If it would of been 5% then you would take 299.99 x .05=14.95 understand?

  • 7 years ago

    10% = 0.10

    0.10(299.99) = 29.999, rounds to 30.00

    She got 30.00 off the original price.

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