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prealgebra junior

Problem

A merchant offers a large group of items at off. Later, the merchant takes off these sale prices. The total discount is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let's assume that each item is dollars. First we take off off of dollars. Next, we take off the extra as asked by the problem. So the final price of an item is 100-565644\%\boxed{44\%}$.
Final answer
B