SOLUTION: downtown department store has a 75 percent all clothing items. a certain sweater cost the store 20 dollars. what will be the selling price of 20 dollars? hi, i try to do proport

Question 244574: downtown department store has a 75 percent all clothing items. a certain sweater cost the store 20 dollars. what will be the selling price of 20 dollars?
hi, i try to do proportions for this problem but notice that they wanted to take 75 percent of 20 dollars and having a problem setting that up.
Answer by KirkseyTD(2) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the answer is 15 percent because u have to divivde those two numbers to get the answer.
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