* A dress is marked down 25%, and then it is marked down 20% from the discounted price.
a. By what percent is the dress marked down after both discounts?
b. Does the dress cost the same, less, or more than if the dress were marked down 45% from the start? Explain how you can determine the answer to this question without doing any calculating.
c. If the dress were marked down 20% first and then 25%, would you get a different answer to part (a)? Explain how the commutative property of multiplication is relevant to this question.
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