Question
A shopkeeper initially marked up the price of an item by 50% above its cost. To make a sale, he offered two consecutive discounts: the first was 20%, and the second was m%. Unfortunately, this resulted in a 16% loss on the transaction. Calculate the value of 'm'.
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