Jim bought a pen and a calculator. He paid the cashier $50 and received $20.45 change. If the pen cost $4.50, how much did the calculator cost?
clearly the Pen + calculator cost 50-20.45 = 29.55
pen + calc = 29.55
4.5 + calc = 29.55
calc = 25.05
(no tax ? , wow)
i think it 6.56
Please help
thank you reiny
i think is 50-20.45=29.55
29.55/4.5
clearly, tax was included . . .
To find out how much the calculator cost, we need to subtract the cost of the pen from the total cost of the items.
Let's calculate the total cost of the items first. We know Jim paid $50 to the cashier and received $20.45 in change. This means the total cost of the items is $50 - $20.45 = $29.55.
Since we are given that the pen cost $4.50, we can subtract this amount from the total cost to find out the cost of the calculator.
So, the cost of the calculator is $29.55 - $4.50 = $25.05.
Therefore, the calculator cost $25.05.