all furniture is on sale for 15% percent off. Joe purchases a sofa and receives an additional 10% off of the sale price. The original price of the sofa is 600$ .Is the final price sale price of the sofa the same as the price if the sale was 25% off of the the sofa ? explain the reasoning please
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
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This is a word problem. There are four steps to solving word problems.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
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1. Read the problem to figure out what it is about.
2. Write down what it is about
3. Bring in a variable.
4. Set up an equation.
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can i have the answer please ?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
The answer is no. The sofa would be cheaper @ 25% off. Here is the reasoning... you are taking 25% off of the original price. Instead of taking off 15% of the original price and then off of the smaller number removing 10 % of that
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