SOLUTION: A department store holds a year-end clearance sale that includes a 15.6% discount on cosmetics. Find the sale price of a bottle of perfume if its original price was $47.7. $

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Question 417087: A department store holds a year-end clearance sale that includes a 15.6% discount on cosmetics. Find the sale price of a bottle of perfume if its original price was $47.7.
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A department store holds a year-end clearance sale that includes a 15.6% discount on cosmetics. Find the sale price of a bottle of perfume if its original price was $47.7
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sale price = 47.7-0.156*47.7 = 0.844*47.7 = $40.26
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