Will is at a shirt sale where he can buy one and get a second one for 40 percent off. He wants to buy two shirts priced at $29 each. How much will he pay?

cost after discount = (2 × list price) – (list price × discount percentage)

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Will is at a shirt sale where he can buy one and get a second one for 40 percent off. He wants to buy two shirts priced at $29 each. How much will he pay?

cost after discount = (2 × list price) – (list price × discount percentage)

hockeychick23 · Answer

Ok an easier way to write this is to say he can buy one for $29 and pay 60% of the price for the second one, so to solve this we do: .60(29)+29

hockeychick23 · Answer

to set it up your way you write it like this though: (2 x 29) - (29 x .40)