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joechelle
joechelle
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A refrigerator sells for $950 but I bought it for $760. What percent was deducted from the original price?

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Posted by joechelle on Thursday November 20, 2008 at 6:53 AM and tagged with division, math, mathematics, multiplication, percentage, ratios.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    The first thing you must do is subtract $760 from $950. The result should be $190. Then you divide 190.00 by 950.00 and you will get .2 as your answer. This means that the discount for the refridgerator was 20%.

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Thursday November 20, 2008 at 7:42 AM

  2. hala718
    hala718 Teacher

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    Agree. I also like to create equations for this type of questions.

    original price - the deducted percent = discounted price

    950 - x (950) = 760

    950 - 760 = 950 x

    190 = 950 x

    x = 0.2 = 20/100 = 20%

    Hope that helps

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    Posted by hala718 on Monday December 1, 2008 at 3:08 PM

  3. dracomath
    dracomath Student
    High School - 11th Grade

    (950-760)/950=x/100

    190/950=x/100

    950x=19000

    x=20%

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    Posted by dracomath on Sunday December 28, 2008 at 9:17 AM