SAT Percentages Question
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Question 1 · Easy · MathOctober 2024 Batch 2 · Q10Percentages · 0 solved
A clothing store buys shirts at a wholesale price of $5.00 each and resells them each at a retail price that is 270% of the wholesale price. At the end of the season, any remaining shirts are marked at a discounted price that is 70% off the retail price. What is the discounted price of each remaining shirt, in dollars?
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The trap here
Why +10% then −10% isn't 0% on SAT Math — The classic SAT percent-change trap: successive percentage changes multiply, they don't add.