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A new telivision is marked down 75% if this is a 15%decrease what is the sales price

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Step-by-step explanation:The Sales Price is $425Explanation:First, we need to find the original price or: 15% of what is $75"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 15% can be written as 15100.When dealing with percents the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply".Finally, lets call the number we are looking for, or "what", n.Putting this altogether we can write this equation and solve for n while keeping the equation balanced:15100×n=$7510015⋅15100×n=10015⋅$7510015⋅15100×n=$750015n=$500Now that we know the original price we can subtract the discount or mark down from it.So, the Sales Price =$500−$75=$425

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