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document.write( "Here's one we use quite often when we walk into a store that has a sale. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's say you want to buy shoes at $90 and there is a sale of 30%. How much do you save?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Formula is: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                30% times $90 = savings\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This can be rewritten as: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                (.30)($90)= ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So therefore the answer is: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                               $27.00 saved on the pair of shoes. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "RJ Toftness<BR>\n" );
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