You buy clothing at a sale. You buy sneakers at 2/3 of their original price of 60$, a sweater at 7/10 of its original price of 35$, and a jacket at 5/6 of it original price of 45$,
a. how much money did you spend?
b. how much money did you save?
d.what fraction of the total original price did u save
THIS IS NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE

Question

You buy clothing at a sale. You buy sneakers at 2/3 of their original price of 60$, a sweater at 7/10  of its original price of 35$, and a jacket at 5/6 of it original price of 45$, 
a. how much money did you spend?
b. how much money did you save?
d.what fraction of the total original price did u save
THIS IS NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE

rhondasommer · Answer

okay so...this is gonna be a little difficult to explain. are you up for this?

anonymous · Answer

yes i was stuck on this for a while

rhondasommer · Answer

okay so for the sneakers you got 1/3 off correct?

anonymous · Answer

yes

rhondasommer · Answer

so if they are $60 and you got 1/3 off; you can divide $60 by 3 and the number that you get is how much you saved.

rhondasommer · Answer

you spend $40 save $20 on the sneakers.

rhondasommer · Answer

im not going to help you if you are not involved.

anonymous · Answer

ok so i get 20 right?

rhondasommer · Answer

no you save $20

rhondasommer · Answer

bc you save 1/3 and if you divide by 3 you get 1/3 of 60