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Taking successive discounts of 15% off and then 25% off is the same as taking a one time discount of 40%. true or false

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Answer:

False

Explanation

Let's take the example starting number as 100

15% off of 100 gives us 85.

25% off of 85 is 63.45

40% off of 100 would be 60.

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