Question

Question 8 Tasha noticed that bags are not selling quite well. She reduced the original price of $300 by 20%. After, three months the bags were still not selling.She reduced the price again by 40%. A, What was the total percent of decrease? Show your work.​

Answer 1

84% decrease

Explanation:

100 - 80 = 20%

80% = 4/5

300 * 4/5 = 240

100 - 40 = 60%

60% = 3/5

240 * 3/5 = 48

48/300 = 4/25 = 16%

100 - 16 = 84%