Jane purchased a concert ticket on a web site. The original price of the ticket was $55. She used a coupon code to receive a 20% discount. The web site applied a 10% service fee to the discounted price. Jeannette’s ticket was less than the original price by what percent? *

28%

Step-by-step explanation:

-The price after the coupon discount is calculated as;

We reduce the discounted price by the service fee to determine the effective purchase price:

#Compare this final price to the original price:

Hence, the final price was 28% less than the original price.

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