Question

A store has clearance items that have been marked down by 55%. They are having a sale, advertising an additional 20% off clearance items. What percent of the original price do you end up paying?

Answer 1

Explanation:

60

%

discount given in total, so only

40

%

is paid.

Explanation:

So here we need to make a two-step changing factor.

This means that we first take

0.5

(something decreasing by

50

%

) times

0.8

(something decreased by

20

%

) which is

0.4

(something decreased by

60

%