Question

A shopkeeper advertises a table for $749 and a bookshelf for $550 the items get dirty so the shopkeeper decreases the prices buy 20% what are the new prices

Answer 1

Answer:

the table the same price, and the bookshelf is $440

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Givens:

749$

550$

Solving:

Decrease of 20% of the value would mean that the final value would be 80% of the original value since 100% – 20% = 80%.

100-20=80%

80%=0.80

New prices

Table: 749 x 0.8=  599.2$

Bookshelf : 550 x 0.8= 440 $

Step-by-step explanation:

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