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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?

Calculation Without Distribution
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Please help!!! i know how to do it with distribution, but i am not sure how to do without.

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after a 20% discount, you would be paying 80% or .8

two ways:

1. .8(2.50+4.95+6.00)
= .8(13.45)
= 10.76

2.
.8(2.5) + .8(4.95) + .8(6.00)
= 2.00 + 3.96 + 4.8
= 10.76

-____- i just needed help.. not the answer.. Sorry if i sound rude

i know... ive calculated that and i am pretty sure it 2.69. am i correct?

Keep in mind that I calculated your cost for you, not how much you saved.

You will still have to do that calculation.

I'm lost!

Hi peeps I know what it is but first let me right it down then I give the answers thanks everybody. If you every need me say #Lost I be here to help and check peeps answers!

i dont understand what i am supposed to do without distribution. i know i am really hard to understand but if you cant help its fine

Thank you so much reiny!

reiny is the first without distribution and is the second with distribution or vise versa? or not

But what about the without distrubution?

Did you know?

You can calculate the total amount saved when buying items on sale by using the concept of percentage discount. In this example, you want to buy three books that are 20% off. The original prices of the books are $2.50, $4.95, and $6.00. To calculate the total savings without using distribution, you can follow these steps: 1. Calculate the discount for each book by multiplying the original price by the discount rate (20% or 0.20). - For the first book: $2.50 x 0.20 = $0.50 - For the second book: $4.95 x 0.20 = $0.99 - For the third book: $6.00 x 0.20 = $1.20 2. Add up the savings for each book to get the total saved. - $0.50 + $0.99 + $1.20 = $2.69 Therefore, you will save a total of $2.69 when you buy the three books on sale at 20% off.