Question

Since it's Wednesday, Buy for Less gives a 5% discount for purchases. The items in Rhonda's cart total $53.75. She needs to know the cost of the items with the discount. So, she multiplies 5% times $53.75 and subtracts the amount from $53.75. Which expression would give Rhonda the same result in one step? A) .90(53.75) B) .95(53.75) C) 1.05(53.75) D) 53.75 - .05(53.75)

Answer 1

First we need to know how much the discount was so 5% is actually 0.05 then we need to multiply it by 53.75 which would equal 2.6875 then subtract it by 53.75 which would equal -51.0625.

B) .95(53.75)

This is a trick question because D) could also be correct if they said you could subtract it but it's not saying use the distributive property.

Answer 2

The answer would be B) .95(53.75)