Customer 7

A customer wants a discount of 30% on the marked price. The dealer gives him two successive discounts of 20% and 12%. The discount was:

(1) more than he wanted
(2) the same as he wanted
(3) less than he wanted
(4) none of these

Write the answer as a number from 1 to 4.

Final Answer:

x =  1

Step-by-step explanation:

r1=100%30%=110030=0.7 r21=100%20%=110020=0.8 r22=100%12%=110012=0.88  r2=r21 r22=0.8 0.88=12588=0.704  r2<r1  x=1



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