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One home improvement saves 30% on fuel, a second saves 45% and a third 25%. If you use all three can you save 100%?

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One home improvement saves 30% on fuel, a second saves 45% and a third 25%. If you use all three can you save 100%. If not why not?

posted May 19, 2018 by anonymous

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100 units of fuel × 70/100 × 55/100 × 75/100 = 28.875 units of fuel used after applying 3 savings simultaneously.

answer May 20, 2018 by Tejas Naik



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