The price of a commodity is a yuan, which is reduced by 10%, and then it is reduced by 10%. The sales volume increases sharply. The store decides to increase the price by 20%. After the increase, the price of this commodity is () A. A yuan B. 1.08a yuan C. 0.972a yuan D. 0.96a yuan

The price of a commodity is a yuan, which is reduced by 10%, and then it is reduced by 10%. The sales volume increases sharply. The store decides to increase the price by 20%. After the increase, the price of this commodity is () A. A yuan B. 1.08a yuan C. 0.972a yuan D. 0.96a yuan

The price after the first price reduction is a × (1-10%) = 0.9A yuan, the price after the second price reduction is 0.9A × (1-10%) = 0.81a yuan, the price after 20% price increase is 0.81a × (1 + 20%) = 0.972a yuan, so C