Question

Strawberries cost $2 per pound. Kate buys 5 pounds and gets 20% discount on the total cost. How much does Kate pay for the strawberries? (HARD IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION

Answer 1

This is not impossible :/ step 1- multiply 5 by 2 since each pound is 2 dollars then you get 10 now find 20% of 10 so multiply 10 by .20 and you get 200 move the decimal to times to the left so you get $2.00 so thats 20% of $10 so subtract 2.00 by 10.00 and the new total cost is $8.00… .

Answer 2

The total cost without the discount is given by:

$C = (2) * (5)\\C = 10$$

Then, to find the discounted amount, we make the following rule of three:

10 $ ------------------> 100%

x ----------------------> 20%

From here, we clear the value of x.

We have then:

$x = (\frac{20}{100}) * (10)\\x = 2$

Then, the cost of the Strawberries with the discount is:

$10 - 2 = 8$ $

Answer:

Kate pays for the strawberries about $ 8.