Question

Maria and Edwin have $23.00 each to spend at a book fair, where all students receive a 25% discount. They both want to purchase a copy of the same book, which normally sells for $26.50 plus 10% sales tax. To check if she has enough to purchase the book, Maria takes 25% of $26.50 and subtracts that amount from the normal price. She takes 10% of the discounted selling price and adds it back to find the purchase amount. Edwin takes 75% of the normal purchase price and then computes 110% of the reduced price. Is Maria correct? Is Edwin correct? Do they have enough money to purchase the book? Expla

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can u help me

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@pooja195

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@mathstudent55

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@sleepyjess

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I can give you a tip pooja192 does not respond to notifications

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oh

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but can u help me

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sure :)

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thanks

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actually i cant help you with this sorry but i know a person who can

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hold on im bout to reccomend them to you

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ok

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@TheEdwardsFamily @fallenangelorchid @GreenNerdGirl @insa @Baby_Bear69

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thanks

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@xo.minnie.xox @nothingwasthesame

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@iamgroot

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@HazelLuv99

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hello

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hi can u help me

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@ganeshie8 @ParthKohli @mathstudent55 @wio @paki

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ok first question do you know how to discount a price

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yes

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25%

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ok u just cleared up a lot of things :)

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ok

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ok well first step because i will have you do it so if you take 25% out of 23 dollars what is it

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-22.75

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ok no um put 23 times .25 nd you get what

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575

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23.25

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23 minus 5 . 75 is

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times subtract

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no just plain 23 dollars minus that 5 .75 dollars

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17.25

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is it

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and that my friend is how you figure out a discount so it makes the problem a lot clearer now because you know how to do it now

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you do know now right

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????

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ok 17.25 is the discount price of 25 % of 23 dollars (this was just to make sure you know it ) now that you know how easy it is the whole problem is clear ok 26.50 u have to discount 25 % off of it now

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and now that you see it is it a bit more clearer to understand

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do i have to *

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1.5

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is that the answer

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no ok times 26 .50 times .25 and the answer is

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then you just subtrract that answer from 26.50

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636.

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-19.85

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yes no

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ok yea but thke away the negative sign

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ok is that the answer

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19.85

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ok no its 19.875

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is that the final answer?????

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no u have to add the 10 percent now its k i know it (only i cant give it some im trying to explain )

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22.08

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its 21.8625 but round it and its 22 dollars

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ok is that it because the test is about to go

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lol is it becoming a little bit clear or did i confuse you

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no its clear

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yup so maria is correct and you can explain the process of how she is

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yes i can

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im not even sure bout edwin the boy is complicated