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  • 14-05-2020
  • Mathematics
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Claire bought a pair of jeans that regularly cost $50 on sale for $40. What was the percent decrease in price?

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whatthehecklarae whatthehecklarae
  • 14-05-2020

The answer is 20%

If 50 is your 100%, take 100 and 90 for example it would be obvious that is it 10% off, so with 50 since it is half of 100 you double the 10% which will be 20%. :)

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Аноним Аноним
  • 27-02-2021

Answer:

-20% decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

40-50=-10

-10/50=-0.2

-0.2*100=-20%

Hope this helps.

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