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Marissa and Jarod plan to purchase DVD players with a regular price of $199.99. The DVD players are on sale for 25% off. Marissa starts by calculating 25% of $199.99. Jarod calculates 75% of $199.99.


Do both methods result in the same sale price? Explain.

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Marissa
and Jarod plan to purchase DVD players with a regular price of $199.99. The DVD
players are on sale for 25% off.

=> Marissa starts by calculating 25% of $199.99.

25% of 199.99 dollars

25% = 0.25

199.99 .25 = 49.99 dollars

=> Jarod calculates 75% of $199.99.

75% = .75

199.99
.75 = 149.99 dollars

Do both methods result in the same sale price? Explain.

The answer is NO. Marissa calculated for the discount which is 25% while Jarod
calculated for the discounted price which is 75%