An antique store increases all of its prices by $40/%$, and then announces a $25/%$-off-everything sale. What percent of the original prices (before the increase) are the new prices?

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Kaden Blankenship

4 March, 03:21

An antique store increases all of its prices by $40/%$, and then announces a $25/%$-off-everything sale. What percent of the original prices (before the increase) are the new prices?

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Angela Woodard · Answer 1

Angela Woodard 4 March, 04:54

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The most likely solution is 105%

Claire Hancock · Answer 2

Let X be the original price.

Do a 40% increase we get the price: X+0.4X=1.4X

Doing a 25% off we get the new price:

(1.4X) - 0.25 (1.4X) = 1.05X

=X+0.05X.

The new prices are 5% increase from the original price.