ShmoopTube

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And here's your shmoop du jour.

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Realdeal25 has been trying to sell a number of jackets on eBay that he advertises as

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"actually worn by the great Charlie Sheen."

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Either no one believes him or no one... cares...

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because they haven't quite flown off the e-shelves as he had hoped.

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They originally went for $80 each... but he is now offering them on sale for 35% off

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in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to rid himself of these things.

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What is the sale price of the jacket?

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Here are the potential answers...

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So this question is a two-parter.

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First we have to calculate the new sales price -- 35% off.

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Old price: $80.

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Discount: 35% of the old price which is... .35 times 80... or 28.

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Now we simply subtract the discount from the old price...

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...and we get $52. Answer C.

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Realdeal25 gets excited when he sees that he finally has an order request...

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...until he realizes that it's some prankster asking for two-and-a-half jackets.

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