Jeanette purchased a concert ticket on a web site. The original price of the ticket was $75. She used a coupon code to receive a 20% discount. The web site applied a 10% service fee to the discounted price. Jeanette’s ticket was less than the original price by what percent?
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Answer:
The problem says that the original price of the ticket was $75 and Jeanette used a coupon code to receive a 20% discount. So, you have:20%=20/100=0.20
75$x.0.20=15$
The price when she received a 20% discount was:
75$-15$=60$
Then, the web site applied a 10% service fee to the discounted price, so you have:
10/100=0.10
75$x0.10=7.5$
60$+7.5$=67.5$
So, if 75$ is the 100% of the price, what percentage represents 67.5$?
75$--------100%
67.5$------x
x=67.5x100/75
x=90%
Then, you obtain:
100%-90%=10%
Jeanette’s ticket was less than the original price by what percent?
The answer is: 10%
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