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document.write( "When you see \"%\" -- think \"per one hundred\".  Therefore 25% is the same as 25/100 or .25.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the original price is $139.99<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25/100 * 139.99 = .25 * 139.99 = $35.00 (off)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Cost\" = \"original cost\" - \"discount\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Cost\" = 139.99 - 35.00 = $104.99<BR>\n" );
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