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Thank you We sneak her sense Shmoop you have a

00:07

shmoop on to rent a monkey for a week for

00:09

twenty percent off the normal cost which is perfect because

00:13

a ton of your sports equipment has gotten stuck in

00:15

the trees in your backyard You're going to keep the

00:18

lucky little monkey very busy anyway It's monkey appreciation week

00:22

So all monkeys are already twenty five percent off before

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you even applied for your discount How much will you

00:28

end up spending for a one week monkey rental If

00:31

the original price is one hundred forty five bucks Here

00:35

are your options Let's start with the initial discount The

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monkey weekly rental rate is one hundred forty five dollars

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but for monkey appreciation week he's twenty five percent off

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one hundred forty five dollars times twenty five percent or

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zero point two five equals thirty six dollars and twenty

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five cents Subtract that amount from the original cost and

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we get one hundred eight dollars and seventy five cents

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The total bill after our monkey appreciation week savings Now

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with your shmoop on you khun taken additional twenty percent

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off the already discounted price of one hundred eight dollars

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and seventy five cents As before we take our one

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hundred eight dollars and seventy five cents and we multiply

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it by twenty percent four zero point to get twenty

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one dollars and seventy five cents Subtract that amount from

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our discounted price to get a final price of eighty

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seven dollars or answer eh But now you have your

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very own helper monkey for a week If you can

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get him to stop hurling frisbees at your head it 00:01:45.029 --> [endTime] will hopefully be worth it

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