2002 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 14
Problem
A merchant offers a large group of items at 
off. Later, the merchant takes 
off these sale prices. The total discount is
Solution 1
Let's assume that each item is 
dollars. First we take off off of dollars. 
Next, we take off the extra as asked by the problem. 
So the final price of an item is $56. We have to do 
because 
was the final price and we wanted the discount. So the final answer is 
, which is answer choice 
.
Solution 2
Let 
be the price of an item on sale. When the item is off, its new price is
![\[(1-0.3)x=0.7x.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/6/a/66ac4cd72ddaa55ad34fc8a30f6a92ef15dc940e.png)
When is taken off of that price, the item's final sales price is
![\[(1-0.2)\cdot0.7x=0.8\cdot0.7x=0.56x=(1-0.44)x.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/a/1/2a15423f1cf8bd5092e63fc38e7615d71fb0462d.png)
Therefore, the item was off, so the answer is 
.
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/DUqszaQ01lM Soo, DRMS, NM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR2aLmJHoIs ~David
See Also
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