Question

A shop has a fridge in a sale.The shop gives an extra 10% off the sale price of the fridge. Oliver says,"Altogether this is a saving of 30%"Is he correct?

Answer 1

He is incorrect

Explanation:

Given

`Price\ off = 10\%`

Required

Is the total savings, 30%

From the question, we understand that the price of is 10%.

Since there is no other deduction to the original price of the fridge, then the 10% represents the total savings.

Hence: 30% savings is incorrect.