You want to buy three books that are on sale at 20% off. The original
prices of the books are $2.50, $4.95, and $6.00. How much will you save?
you get $2.69 right? How about without distribuation
Soo confused
For distribution you multiply 0.2 by each original price
To calculate how much you will save on the three books, you need to find the discounted price of each book and then subtract it from the original price. Here's how you can do it step by step:
1. Calculate the discount amount for each book:
- For the first book priced at $2.50, the discount is 20% of $2.50, which can be found by multiplying $2.50 by 0.20: $2.50 * 0.20 = $0.50.
- For the second book priced at $4.95, the discount is 20% of $4.95: $4.95 * 0.20 = $0.99.
- For the third book priced at $6.00, the discount is 20% of $6.00: $6.00 * 0.20 = $1.20.
2. Calculate the discounted price for each book:
- Subtract the discount amount from the original price for each book:
- For the first book: $2.50 - $0.50 = $2.00.
- For the second book: $4.95 - $0.99 = $3.96.
- For the third book: $6.00 - $1.20 = $4.80.
3. Calculate the total savings:
- Add up the discount amount for each book:
$0.50 + $0.99 + $1.20 = $2.69.
Therefore, you will save $2.69 on the three books.
thx
Add the original prices of the books.
Multiply that sum by 0.2.
What do you get?