Question

a garden table is advertised at 50% off the original price. on the day mike buys the table and he gets an additional in-store discount of 10% off the marked down price. explain why mike does not get 60% off the original price. what percentage discount mike actually received from the original price?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

the additional 10% off are based on the already discounted 50% of the original price (50% off means also 50% remain).

so, 10% off of 50% of the original price is then 5% off of the original price (half of the discount the 10% would have been based on the original 100%).

so, he received 50% + 5% = 55% discount from the original price.