Question

As a smart consumer, you are always on the lookout for sales, coupons, and rebates. While shopping for new clothes, you notice that one particular brand of shirts is on sale for 20% off the original price. You also have a coupon for $10 off a $40 purchase. Coupons are applied after the 20% discount is taken. If each shirt originally costs $17.99, how many shirts would you need to buy to be able to use your coupon? Show your work
You’d have to buy 3 shirts, with the 20% off the shirts would come out to $14.39. So $14.39 x 3 = $43.17. Now with the $10 off a $40 purchase your total cost would be $33.17.

Answer 1

Answer:

You'd have to buy 3 shirts in order to use your coupon.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each shirt originally costs $17.99

One particular brand of shirts is on sale for 20% off the original price.

$17.99*0.2= $3.60 (amount taken off for each shirt)

Now subtract $3.60 from $17.99.

$17.99 - $3.60 = $14.39 (per shirt)

40 / 14.39 = 2.779 (round to 3)

You'd have to buy 3 shirts in order to use your coupon.

$14.39 * 3 = $43.17, in order to get $10 off you'd need to spend at least $40