SOLUTION: During a sale, the price of a book is reduced by 25%. The sale price is then further reduced by 40%. The cost of the book as a percentage of the original price is?

Question 34933: During a sale, the price of a book is reduced by 25%. The sale price is then further reduced by 40%. The cost of the book as a percentage of the original price is?
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Let's call X to the original price of the book.
The price was first reduced by 25%. This means that the sale price is now 75% of the original price. Therefore, the sale price has now become
Now, a further 40% reduction is applied. This implies that the new price is 60% of what it used to be. Since it used to be , then the new price must be
Therefore, the final price of the book is 45% of the original price.

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