A store is offering a 15% discount on all items. Write an equation relating the sale price S for an

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    A store is offering a 15% discount on all items. Write an equation relating the sale price S for an item to its list price L

    If we give a discount of 15%, then we pay 100% - 15% = 85% of the list price. 85% as a decimal is 0.85, So we have:
    L = 0.85S
     
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