(a) A coat is marked down 10%, and the customer is given a second discount of 15%....

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(a) A coat is marked down 10%, and the customer is given a second discount of 15%. Is that the same as a single discount of 25%? Explain.

(b) The regular price of a chair is $189.99. Determine the sale price of the chair if the regular price is reduced by 10% and this price is then reduced another 15%.

(c) Determine the sale price of the chair if the regular price of $189.99 is reduced by 25%.

(d) Examine the answers obtained in parts (b) and (c). Does your answer to part (a) appear to be correct? Explain.

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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