document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=674553>Question 674553</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is a 10% discount followed by a 20% discount equal to a 30% discount? Explain </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "NO<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After the first discount, that amt is discounted by the amt of 2nd discount<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Take an example of an original price of $100 discounted 10%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "after the 1st discount, the price is $90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you discount $90 by 20%<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".20 * 90 = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the price is 90 - 18 = $72<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A straight 30% discount would give you a price of $70 </SPAN>\n" );
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