document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1129755>Question 1129755</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Khairul wants to buy a sofa set. He is offered three successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 25% and he can arrange them in any order he wants. Which order will benefit him the most? explain your answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "No matter which order the discounts are applied, Khairul will pay (0.9)(0.8)(0.75) = 0.54 of the original price.   <BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's a 46% overall discount.     <br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is so because of the commutative property of multiplication:  abc = acb = bca = bac = cab = cba\r<BR>\n" );
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