document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let's call X to the original price of the book.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "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 \"0.75X\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "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 \"0.75X\", then the new price must be \"0.6%2A%280.75X%29+=+0.45X\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Therefore, the final price of the book is 45% of the original price.\r
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