Before yesterday
The merchant adds a sale sign in his shop window to the pair of shoes shown in the morning: "Today by p% cheaper than yesterday. " After a while, however, he decided that the sign saying: "Today 62.5% cheaper than the day before yesterday". Determine the number p.
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