Lisa finds a hat that this already marked down. the price tag shows that the original price was $36.00. the marked down price is 27.00. what percent has the hat been marked down? explain

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Camilla George

5 July, 23:05

Lisa finds a hat that this already marked down. the price tag shows that the original price was $36.00. the marked down price is 27.00. what percent has the hat been marked down? explain

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Grace Mckinney · Answer 1

It was marked down by 25%

To solve these problems i use ratios:

27:36=x:100

x=27x100/36=75

So 27 is the 75% of 36. Therefore the price was lowered by 25%