Advanced Mathematics Primary 6 Percentage

A laptop's price was reduced by 20% during a sale. After the sale, the new price was increased by 25% to set the recommended retail price. Compared with the ORIGINAL price (before the sale), the recommended retail price is:

A 45% higher
B 5% lower
C 5% higher
D the same
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Step 1: Let the original price = $100 (for ease). Step 2: Sale price = 100 × (1 − 0.20) = 100 × 0.80 = $80. Step 3: Recommended price = 80 × (1 + 0.25) = 80 × 1.25 = $100. Step 4: $100 = original. The recommended price is the SAME as the original. Answer: the same

Correct answer: the same

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