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What percentage should be removed?

The cost of a  coat is  $ 20 , by how
much percent should be removed to get to $ 15.
Help me please ,thanks
I don't know the method to solve this

Jaspers

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Registered: 2019-05-24

Posts: 54

Re: What percentage should be removed?

The difference in price is $(20−15) = $5.

What percentage is $5 of $20 (the origial price)? You should be able to work this out.

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Re: What percentage should be removed?

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The old price of the coat is $20, and the new price is $15. That means the price has reduced by $5 (since 20 - 15 = 5). So now you just need to find out how much percent $5 represents as a fraction of the old price. This is:

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