Two successive discounts of 25% and 20% equal a single discount of:

  1. 45%
  2. 42%
  3. 37%
  4. 40%
Answer

D) 40%

Price after both: 100 0.75 0.8 = 60, so the total discount is 40% — less than 45%.

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