A discount electronics store normally sells all merchandise at a discount of 10 percent to 30 percent off the suggested retail price. If, during a special sale, an additional 20 percent were to be deducted from the discount price, what would be the lowest possible price of an item costing $200 before any discount?
Select the correct option: A) $112.00 B) $145.60 C) $163.80 D) $182.00 E) $100.00
Since the question is essentially just about multiplication, you can do the various mathstepsin a variety of ways (depending on whichever method you find easiest).   We're told that the first discount is 10% to 30%, inclusive. We're told that the next discount is 20% off of the DISCOUNTED price....   We're told to MAXIMIZE the discount (thus, 30% off the original price and then 20% off of the discounted price). Thatmathcan be written in a number of different ways (fractions, decimals, etc.):   30% off = (1 - .3) = (1 - 30/100) = (.7) and the same can be done with the 20% additional discount...   The final price of an item that originally cost $200 would be.....   ($200)(.7)(.8) =   ($200)(.56)=112   Final $112.00nswer:   $112.00
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A discount electronics store normally sells all merchandise at a discount of 10 percent to 30 percent off the suggested retail price. If, during a special sale, an additional 20 percent were to be deducted from the discount price, what would be the lowest possible price of an item costing $200 before any discount?