Question

Sam is looking at cell phone plans.A local company offers a monthly plan for 58.95dollars . The company is having a sale and offering a discount of 4.75 off the monthly plan. Sam says that the new cost is 11.45 explain Sam's error and find the correct new cost

Answer 1

Given :

A local company offers a monthly plan for 58.95 dollars.

The company is having a sale and offering a discount of 4.75 off the monthly plan.

To Find :

Sam says that the new cost is 11.45 explain Sam's error and find the correct new cost.

Solution :

Correct cost = Original price - Discount offered

Correct cost = $( 58.95 - 4.75 )

Correct cost = $54.2 .

Now, Sam's cost is $11.45 because he took $4.75 as $47.5 .

Hence, this is the required solution.