document.write( "Question 939530: Before a sale, an item’s price was $28.00 but, after being discounted, the price became $14.60. What was the percent of the sale discount? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #572538 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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First, let $\"+x+\"$ = the decimal fraction of the discount
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+28%2Ax+=+28+-+14.6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+28x+=+13.4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+13.4%2F28+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+.4785+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The % of the discount is 47.85%
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