Question

. There is 40% decresed in price on a sale. It is futher decresed by 5% find the total decreased percentage​

Answer 1

Let x be the original price of the object.

After the 40% discount, the price of the object now becomes;

x-0.4x=0.6x

0.6x is our new price after the first discount.

Now if we want to find the price after the second discount, (5%)

That would come off to be;

0.6x-0.6(0.05)x=0.6x-0.03x=0.57x

Our last price is 0.57x

If you notice, there was a 43% discount in total, as it goes to 57% of its original price.

This is very non intuitive for some people, as they may think there will be a 45% discount.