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A shop has a sale with 10% discount on all items. If a coat costs £45 in the sale. What was its original price?

Tim is a car salesman.   He bought a car for £5000.   Currently he is holding a sale with 35% off the price of all cars. Tim wants to sell the car so that he makes a 10% profit on the price he paid. How much should Tim advertise the car for?

An item was bought for £40 then sold for £50. The selling price was a percentage increase of 20%.

An item was bought for £40 then sold for £60. Find the percentage change.

An item was bought for £80 then sold for £50. Find the percentage change.

A clothes shop normally sells their goods at 80% above cost price. In a sale, the shop reduces the prices by 25%. What percentage profit does the shop make on clothes sold in the sale?

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