Lucky you! You went to couponcabin.com and found a 20% off coupon to your significant other’s favorite store. Armed with that co
upon, you went to the store only to find a storewide sale offering 10% off everything in the store. In addition, your credit card has a special offer that allows you to save 10% if you use your credit card for all purchases that day. Using your credit card, what will you pay before tax for the $145 gift you found? Use the single equivalent discount to calculate how much you save and then calculate your final price. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest cent.)
For this case we have: 1 quarter: (1) * (0.25) = 0.25 $ 2 dimes: (2) * (0.1) = 0.2 $ 13 pennies: (13) * (0.01) = 0.13 $ Adding we have: 0.25 + 0.2 + 0.13 = 0.58 $ As a fraction: 58/10 = 29/5 $ Answer: The total amount of money as a fraction and as a decimal are: $ 29/5 $ 0.58
