SOLUTION: The price of a color printer is reduced by 30% of its original price. When it still does not sell, its price is redcuced by 20% of the reduced amount. The sales person informs you
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Question 943287: The price of a color printer is reduced by 30% of its original price. When it still does not sell, its price is redcuced by 20% of the reduced amount. The sales person informs you that there has been a total reduction of 50%. If the original price of the printer was $578, us the sales person correct? If not what was the actual percent reduction from the original price?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Say the original price was
This price gets reduced by 30%
is the 1st reduced price
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This price gets reduced by 20%
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The final price is which means
the reduction from the original price
was
44% reduction
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If , then
$254.32 was taken off the original price
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