Question

Type the correct answer in the box. Use numerals instead of words. If necessary, use / for the fraction bar.

Alex bought six books priced at $8 each. He got a discount of 20% off the total cost. How much did Alex pay for the books? Write your answer up to two decimal places.

Answer 1

Its the same thing we did for the last question

Answer 2

So 8*0.2??

Answer 3

Yea

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

K

Answer 6

I would like to politely disagree with the previous response.

Because there are six books, at $8 each, you first have to multiply 6 * $8 to find the total cost before the discount

Second, the discount is 20%. However, it's asking for the price after the discount, which means you'll have to multiply by 100% - 20% = 80%, not 20%, to find the final, discounted price.

*edited to correct a typo*

Answer 7

oh ok