Question

A store has clearance items that have been marked down by 40%. They are having a sale, advertising anadditional 50% off clearance items. What percent of the original price do you end up paying?Give your answer accurate to at least one decimal place.

Answer 1

Given:

A store has clearance items that have been marked down by 40%.

Let the original price = x

So, the price after markdown by 40% will be 60% of the original price

So, the price will be 60% of x = 0.6x

They are having a sale, advertising an additional 50% off clearance items.

So, the price will be 50% of 0.6x

So, the price will be as follows:

`0.5*0.6x=0.3x=30\%off\text{ }x`

So, the answer will be:

The percentage of the original price do you end up paying = 30%