The final price is $ 40
<em><u>Solution:</u></em>
A store in Minnesota advertises that on a holiday, everything is 20% off
Discount = 20 %
A person buys shoes for $40 and socks for $10
<em><u>Therefore, Total price before discount is given as:</u></em>
Total price = 40 + 10 = 50
Therefore,
Total price before discount = $ 50
Discount = 20 %
Therefore, discount price is 20 % of 50

Thus the discount price is $ 10
<em><u>Final price is given as:</u></em>
Final price = Total price before discount - discount price
Final price = 50 - 10 = 40
Thus the final price is $ 40
To be able to get the negative number you have to divide x by a negative number to get your result. Seeing the solution is a negative number but your left side of the equation is a positive number tells us we have to divide by a negative number on the left side and right to give us the solution... (I think)
12*10^5 = 12*100000 = 1200000 ;
1200000 - 1000000 = 200000 ;
1.2*10^6 = 1.2*1000000 = 1200000;
1200000 - 1000000 = 200000;
Because 2000000 = 200000, neither of the two numbers is closer to 1 milion !