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[hide]Problem 9
For a sale, a store owner reduces the price of a <dollar/> scarf by . Later the price is lowered again, this time by one-half the reduced price. The price is now
Solution 1
Solution 2
The first discount has percentage 20, which is then discounted again for half of the already discounted price.
See also
1998 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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