The price of a drug is 15% lower than in the past. The current price is ()

The price of a drug is 15% lower than in the past. The current price is ()


85%
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The price of a drug is 20% lower than that of last year. What's the current price?


That is, this year's price = last year's price * (17 / 20)
This year's price / last year's price = 17 / 20 = 85 / 100
So it's 85 percent



The price of a commodity is 15% higher than that in the past. How much is the original price


According to the meaning of the question, it can be assumed that the original price is 100 yuan, which is 115 yuan after 15% higher than the previous price. Then, how much is the original price of 100 yuan compared with the current price of 115 yuan? That is, 100 divided by 115 equals about 87%