Levin's furniture gave a 40% discount off a $800 couch and another 20% off the discounted price for those that came in before 9 am. What was the final cost?

We calculate the discounts separately, first the 40% discount, the 40% of $800 is calculated like this:

(40%) (800) = (40/100) (800) = 320

So the first discount is $320, giving us a discounted price of:

800 - 320 = 480

Hence the discounted price with the first discount is $480

Then it is applied another 20%, so we repeat the process again with the new dа ta:

(20%) (480) = (20/100) (480) = 96

Therefore the second discount is for $96, finally the price payed as final cost is what we had with the first discount $480 minus the second discount $96

480 - 96 = 384

The final cost is $384