Question

A shop has a sale that offers 20% off all prices.

On the final day they reduce all sale prices by 25%.

Alex buys a hairdryer on the final day.

Work out the overall percentage reduction on the price of the hairdryer with explanation.

Answer 1

I think that the answer is 45% because the sale started off with a 20% discount, but at the end they added another 25% to the sales. So since the sale already started off with 20%, you add 20%+25% which equals 45%.