document.write( "Question 168781: Find the decimal equivalent of the new price for a 40/15/5 series trade discount. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let x be the original price\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the new price would be (.6)(.85)(.95)=.4845 times x\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so the new price would be \"48.45\"% of the original price
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