SOLUTION: A local retailer is selling all $35 area rugs at 25% off. Lorena is buying an area rug and has a coupon for an additional 10% off sale price. What will Lorena pay for a rug? Show

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Question 421465: A local retailer is selling all $35 area rugs at 25% off. Lorena is buying an area rug and has a coupon for an additional 10% off sale price. What will Lorena pay for a rug? Show all work
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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retail price of rugs is $35.00

25% off gets the price down to $35 - .25*$35 = $26.25

additional 10% off sale price gets it down to $26.25 - .10*$26.25 = $23.625

you first multiply the retail price by (1-.25) = .75

you then multiply the sale price by (1-.10) = .9

you can the whole thing into one operation as follows:

$35 * .75 * .9 = $23.625