SOLUTION: What single discount is equivalent to 2 succcessive discounts of 11% and 8% ? please.
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Question 630299: What single discount is equivalent to 2 succcessive discounts of 11% and 8% ? please.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose an item originally cost $100
After the 1st discount,
It costs $89
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Then after the 2nd discount,
It costs $81.88
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So, after the 2 discounts, the item ended up
costing less
So, the discount is %
or 18.12 %
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