SOLUTION: If 2 succesive discounts20% and 10% are given. Then overall one discount is what??

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Question 1004835: If 2 succesive discounts20% and 10% are given. Then overall one discount is what??
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Depends on how you mean to apply them.
p price
p-0.2p first discounted price
(p-0.2p)-(p-0.2p)*(0.1) second discounted price
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-----Second Price

How this differs from 1.00 of the price originally,
0.28 of the price p.
This is 28% discount altogether.

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