A merchant offers a large group of items at 18% off. Later, the merchant takes 10% off these sales prices and claims that the final price of these items is 86 off the original price. What is the total percent discount?

According to the 2008 u.s. census, california had a population of approximately 4 × 10^7 people and florida had a population of approximately 2 × 10^7 people. which of the following is true? a. the population of california was approximately two times the population of florida. b. the population of florida was approximately twenty times the population of california. c. the population of florida was approximately two times the population of california. d. the population of california was approximately twenty times the population of florida.