SOLUTION: Successive discounts of 10%, 20% & 30% equal to a discount of:

Question 466725: Successive discounts of 10%, 20% & 30% equal to a discount of:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Successive discounts of 10%, 20% & 30% equal to a discount of:
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Let the original price be "x".
The discounted price is 0.90*0.80*0.70x = 0.5040x
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The final price is 50.4% of the original.
That is a discount or 49.6%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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