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Every store employee gets an additional 10% off the already discounted price. If an employee buys an item with an original price of $40, how much is the discount? Explain how you got your answer

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Answer:

$44.44444444

Explanation:

So as per question employees get 10% discount of the discounted price. So our equation would be considering discounted price = x

=> x- 10x/100 = 40 => 100x-10x/100 = 40 => 90x = 4000 => x= $44.4444

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