1995 AJHSME Problems/Problem 10
Problem
A jacket and a shirt originally sold for dollars and dollars, respectively. During a sale Chris bought the dollar jacket at a discount and the dollar shirt at a discount. The total amount saved was what percent of the total of the original prices?
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Solution
Chris would have spent dollars if there were no sale.
The sale means that he saved dollars.
He saved off the total of the original prices, and the answer is .
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