Question

A dress on sale in a shop is marked at $D. During the discount sale its price is reduced by 15%. Staff are allowed a further 10% reduction on the discounted price. If a staff member buys the dress what will she have to pay in terms of D ?

a. 0.75D
b. 0.76D
c. 0.765D
d. 0.775D
e. 0.805D

Answer 1

They would get 25% off of the dress. I'm unsure of why you have decimals when there is no price..?

Answer 2

They get a 25 percent discount overall. This means that the only pay 75% of the item. This can also be written as .75D so A