Question

Dima called her friend to tell her that she saved 30% on her new skirt at a discount store. Her friend told her that she could have gotten a better deal at a different store that was advertising a sale of One-third off all clothing. If the original price of Dima’s skirt was $54, how much more could she have saved at the store her friend suggested?
A. $1.11
B. $1.80
C. $36.00
D. $37.80

Answer 1

If the original price of Dima’s skirt was $54, the amount that she have saved at the store was option(b)i.e, $1.80.

Let's just take the sales price of the skirt Dima purchased from the discount shop as the rate of the other retailer is not provided.

Original price: $54

Discount rate: 30%

$54 x 30% = $16.20 value of the discount

$54 - 16.20 = $37.80 discounted price.

Since Dima's friend told her she could have had a better deal at a different store, this means that the discount rate is higher than 30%. i.e, the discount is 33.33%

$54 x 33.33%  = $17.99 value of the discount

$54 - 17.99 = $36.00 discounted price.

Discount store: $37.80

Different store: $36.00

The different store sales price is cheaper by $1.80

Therefore, she could have saved $1.80 at the store her friend suggested.

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