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Can you find the reason that the following pseudocode function does not return the value indicated in the comments?
// The calcDiscountPrice function accepts an item's price and
// the discount percentage as arguments. It uses those
// values to calculate and return the discounted price.
Function Real calcDiscountPrice(Real price, Real percentage)
// Calculate the discount.
Declare Real discount = price * percentage
// Subtract the discount from the price.
Declare Real discountPrice = price - discount
// Return the discount price.
Return discount
End Function
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