document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=498216>Question 498216</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lea bought a pair of shoes at two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. What single discount are these two discounts equivalent?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is 28% but i don't know the solution </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If C is the original cost, then the price after the first discount = 0.8C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The new price after applying the second discount = 0.9*0.8c = 0.72c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the total discount = 1 - 0.72 = 0.28, or 28% </SPAN>\n" );
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