Question

A store has clearance items that have been marked down by 60%. They are having a sale, advertising an additional 45% off clearance items. What percent of the original price do you end up paying

Answer 1

You end up paying 22% of the original price.

Explanation:

The statement indicates that a store has clearance items that have been marked down by 60% and this means that you have to pay 40% of the price as:

100%-60%=40%

Now, the statement says that the are advertising an additional 45% off clearance items which means that you will have a 45% discount on the 40% of the original price. So, you have to calculate 45% of 40 and subtract that from 40 to find the percentage that you will end up paying:

40*45%=18

40-18=22

According to this, the answer is that you end up paying 22% of the original price.