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 15 percent were to be deducted from the discount price , what would be the lowest possible price of an item costing $ 260 before any discount ?
"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 $ 260 would be . . . . . ( $ 260 ) ( . 7 ) ( . 85 ) = ( $ 260 ) ( . 595 ) = 154.7 final answer : c"
multiply(260, divide(add(30, 15), const_100))