we have that the sale price is:
[tex]24.96\cdot0.75=18.72[/tex]if we get an 20% additional the new price is:
[tex]18.72\cdot0.8=14.976[/tex]so the new price is $14.976
let us calculate the 45% of the regular costs:
[tex]24.96\cdot0.45=11.232[/tex]we can see that it is more than the 45%