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Please help with this problem on discounts and percentages.You purchased two new video games.  You received a 40% discount on game one that originally costs $54.  You received a 15% discount on game two that originally costs $42.  What was the percent discount off the total purchase (assuming no tax was involved?)
 
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In this problem, you got a discount of 28% off the two video games.  Here's how to figure this out.
First, you find out what the discount was on each video game.  For the first one, you multiply 54 by .4.  That gets you $21.6 -- so you got a discount of $21.60.
Then for the second one, you multiply 42 by .15 and you get 6.3.
So you add your discounts (they come to 27.90) and you divide that by the original total price (96.00) and you find that this is a 28% discount.

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Given:
Price on Game 1 = $54 = p1
Discount on Game 1 =40% = d1
Price on Game 1 = $42 = p2
Discount on Game 1 =15% = d2
Therefore:
Discount amount on Game 1 = p1*d1/100 = 54*40/100 = $21.6
Discount amount on Game 2 = p2*d2/100 = 42*15/100 = $6.3
Total discount amount in both the games = 13.5 + 6.3 = $27.9 = D
Tital Price of  both the games = 54 + 42 = $96 =  P
Discount percentage on total purchase
= 100*D/P = 100*27.9/96 = 29.0625%
Answer:
Discount on total purchase = 29.0625%

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To find the  discount on the total original price of the two games , we calculate the individual itemewise amount of discount and add up .
The discount on the first game = original price *rarte of discount = $54*40% = $54*0.4 = $21.6
The amount of discount on the 2nd game = $42*15% = $6.3.
Therefore the total amount of discount on two games = $(21.6+6.3) = $27.9.
If you want to calculate the rate of discount, then you should express the total amount of of discount as a percent of the total original value = (27.8/(54+42))100 = 29.0625%

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