Question

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The price of shirts in a store is $20 and the price of ties in the same store is $15. A customer buys 2 shirts and 3 ties during a sale when the price of shirts is discounted 15% and the price of ties is discounted 10%. How much did the customer save due to the sale?

a) $10.5
b) $11
c) $11.5
d) $12

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

please help!

Answer 3

how much are 2 shirts normally?

Answer 4

ignore the discount

Answer 5

$4o

Answer 6

now apply the 15% discount (for the shirts) to get ???

Answer 7

do you divide?

Answer 8

what's 15% of 40?

Answer 9

$39.85

Answer 10

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 11

no

Answer 12

15% of $40 = 0.15*40 = ??

Answer 13

$6.

Answer 14

so for just the shirts only, you saved $6

Answer 15

do the same for the ties

Answer 16

Thank you I got 10.5!

Answer 17

correct