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Problem
A refrigerator is offered at sale at $250.00 less successive discounts of 20% and 15%. The sale price of the refrigerator is:
Solution
The first discount takes off of the price, so the cost of the refrigerator is . The next discount takes off , so the cost of the refrigerator is now . Thus, the sale price of the refrigerator is .