SOLUTION: the price of a dress is marked down 30%. then it is marked down an additional 20%. find a single percent discount equal to these two successive discounts.
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Question 430685: the price of a dress is marked down 30%. then it is marked down an additional 20%. find a single percent discount equal to these two successive discounts. Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The Price of the dress = p.
To "mark down" is to reduce the price, in this case by 30% = .30.
New Price = p -.3*p = .7p
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I guess it still didn't sell, so they marked the price down by another 20% = .20.
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Last Price = .7p - (.2*.7p)
Last Price = .7p - .14p
Last Price = .56p
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So the combined mark downs amount to 30% + 14% or 44%.
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