A shop offers a 20% discount on a $120 item. What is the sale price?

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A shop offers a 20% discount on a $120 item. What is the sale price?

Discounts reduce the price by a given percent. For a 120-dollar item, 20% of 120 is 0.20 × 120 = 24. Subtracting that from the original price gives 120 − 24 = 96. You can also think of paying 80% of the price, which is 0.80 × 120 = 96. So the sale price is 96. (The other numbers would come from different discount amounts or miscalculations, e.g., a 40% discount would yield 72, and no discount would yield 120.)

Discounts reduce the price by a given percent. For a 120-dollar item, 20% of 120 is 0.20 × 120 = 24. Subtracting that from the original price gives 120 − 24 = 96. You can also think of paying 80% of the price, which is 0.80 × 120 = 96. So the sale price is 96. (The other numbers would come from different discount amounts or miscalculations, e.g., a 40% discount would yield 72, and no discount would yield 120.)

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