Levin's furniture gave a 40% discount off a $800 couch and another 20% off the discounted price for those that came in before 9 am. What was the final cost?
We calculate the discounts separately, first the 40% discount, the 40% of $800 is calculated like this: (40%)(800) = (40/100)(800) = 320 So the first discount is $320, giving us a discounted price of: 800 - 320 = 480 Hence the discounted price with the first discount is $480 Then it is applied another 20%, so we repeat the process again with the new data: (20%)(480) = (20/100)(480) = 96 Therefore the second discount is for $96, finally the price payed as final cost is what we had with the first discount $480 minus the second discount $96 480 - 96 = 384 The final cost is $384
