Question 9 options:
Solve this problem. Reduce to lowest terms.
At an after-Christmas sale, all Christmas decorations were 3 over 4 off. How much would a $16 tree ornament cost?
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In order to solve this problem, we need to find out how much 3/4 of $16 is.
To find 3/4 of $16, we can multiply $16 by 3/4:
$16 * 3/4 = (16 * 3) / 4 = 48 / 4 = $12
So, after the discount, a $16 tree ornament would cost $12.
To solve the problem and find the cost of the tree ornament after the discount, we need to calculate how much 3/4 of the original price is and subtract it from the original price.
Step 1: Calculate 3/4 of $16
To find 3/4 of $16, we multiply the original price ($16) by the fraction 3/4:
3/4 * $16 = $12
Step 2: Subtract the discount from the original price
To find the final cost of the tree ornament, we need to subtract the discount ($12) from the original price ($16):
$16 - $12 = $4
Therefore, the cost of the tree ornament after the discount would be $4.
To solve this problem, we need to calculate the price of the $16 tree ornament after the discount is applied, and then reduce it to its lowest terms.
To find the discounted price, we need to multiply the original price ($16) by the discount rate (3/4).
To calculate this, we can use the following formula:
Discounted Price = Original Price * (1 - Discount Rate)
In this case, the original price is $16 and the discount rate is 3/4. Substituting these values into the formula, we have:
Discounted Price = $16 * (1 - 3/4)
To simplify this fraction, we can first multiply the numerator (16) by the denominator (1) to get 16. Next, we can subtract the product of the numerator (3) and the denominator (16) from the numerator to get the new numerator.
Discounted Price = $16 * (1 - 3/4)
Discounted Price = $16 * (4/4 - 3/4)
Discounted Price = $16 * (1/4)
Now, we can multiply the whole number ($16) by the fraction (1/4) to get the discounted price:
Discounted Price = $16 * (1/4)
Discounted Price = $4
Therefore, the discounted price of the $16 tree ornament is $4.
To reduce this fraction to its lowest terms, we need to find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and denominator, which is 1 in this case. Dividing both the numerator and denominator by the GCD, we get:
Reduced Price = $4
So, the reduced and lowest term for the discounted price of the $16 tree ornament is $4.