The last customer of the day is a loyal customer who brings in a $15.00 off coupon. She purchases two paint brushes, one dozen colored pencils, and one sketch book. What percent did she save by using her coupon?

33.3%

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example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.