SOLUTION: $80 is reduced in a sale to $64. By what percentage has the jacket been reduced?

SOLUTION: $80 is reduced in a sale to $64. By what percentage has the jacket been reduced?

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Question 856012: $80 is reduced in a sale to $64. By what percentage has the jacket been reduced?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The difference is 80-64 = 16

Divide this difference by the original price to get 16/80 = 1/5 = 0.20

Then multiply 0.20 by 100 to get 20%

So the answer is 20%
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