Question

A price was first decreased by 12%, they it was decreased again by an additional 5%. What is the percent of the total de. ease?

Answer 1

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Answer:

  16.4%

Step-by-step 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%

The total decrease was 16.4%.