Question

At first, the price was decreased by 12%, then it was discounted again by an additional 5%. What is the percent of the total discount?

Answer 1

17% should be the answer I hope this helps

Answer 2

Answer:
16.4%
Explanation:
Assuming the 5% was taken off of the already-discounted price, then the original price was multiplied by ...
(1 -12%)(1 -5%) = 0.88×0.95 = 0.836 = 1 -16.4%