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Percentages, SM-Bank 021

A sport store has a sale.
 

What is the difference in the sale prices of these two tents?  (2 marks)

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\($7.50\)

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\(\text{Price of tent 1}\) \(= 85-30\%\times 85\)
  \(= 85-25.5\)
  \(= $59.50\)
\(\text{Price of tent 2}\) \(= 80-35\%\times 80\)
  \(= 80-28.0\)
  \(= $52.00\)

  

\(\therefore\ \text{Price difference}\) \(= 59.50-52\)
  \(= $7.50\)