Calculating discounts

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GMAT Quantitative Reasoning › Calculating discounts

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A clothing store offers a dress initally at $100. Then one week later, the store offers the dress at 15% off. The dress still doesn't sell, so after another week, the store reduces its new price by 20%. How much does the dress cost now?

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A lawn-mower is initially listed at . Its price is discounted off the full price. An employee uses their discount at the register and is charged . What is the employee discount?

3

An airline company sells a third of the seats in their less-popular flights to a third-party merchant at a discount. Customers who buy tickets through the third-party merchant pay on average less than the full price but do not have some privileges, such as changing or canceling their reservation. If a customer who booked their flight through the airline company paid the full price of for their ticket, how much on average would a customer who booked their flight through the third-party merchant pay for the same flight?

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Carolyn won a $450 gift card, and she wants to spend it at the store where she works. Normally, she gets a 10% employee discount, but in one week, her store will be having an "Employee Appreciation Day" during which a 25% employee discount will apply. If, as an employee, she does not have to pay sales tax, how much more worth of merchandise (in terms of price before discount) will she be able to purchase by holding out to that day (nearest cent, if applicable)?

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Mary finds a sweater on a clearance rack of items that are 25% off. If the ticket price is $42.00, how much will she pay for the sweater after the discount?

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Jenkins received a 15% discount on a new bicycle. If he paid $635 for the bike, what was the dollar amount of his discount on the bike?

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A certain shirt in a department store costs . If a discount of off the original price is applied, what is the new selling price for this shirt?

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Neil bought a new computer for off its original price. If he paid for the computer, what was its original price to the nearest dollar?

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A restaurant owner allows employees to purchase meals for 28% off list price. An employee purchases a meal with a list price of $16.50. What does she pay for the meal?

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A refrigorator is on sale for 20% off the original price. A store-wide sale results in an additional reduction of 25%. What is the total discount based on the original price?

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