Tom bought three tee shirts for the sale price of $14.50. The three tee shirts were originally priced $3.99,$6.99, and $5.99.

How much money did he save compared to the original total price of the T-shirts? Show your calculations.

What percentage of the original total price did Tom save? Show your work.

Harry also paid $14.50 for three T-shirts at the sale. The sale price saved Harry 30% of the original price of the three T-shirts.
What is the original total price of his three T-shirts
Show your calculations.

$3.99,$6.99, and $5.99 = 16.97

16.97 - 14.50 = $_______ amount saved

Take it from there.

To find out how much money Tom saved compared to the original total price of the T-shirts, you need to calculate the difference between the original total price and the sale price.

Original total price = $3.99 + $6.99 + $5.99 = $16.97
Sale price = $14.50

Tom saved = Original total price - Sale price = $16.97 - $14.50 = $2.47

So, Tom saved $2.47 compared to the original total price of the T-shirts.

To calculate the percentage of the original total price that Tom saved, you divide the amount he saved by the original total price and multiply by 100.

Percentage saved = (Amount saved / Original total price) x 100
Percentage saved = ($2.47 / $16.97) x 100 ≈ 14.56%

Therefore, Tom saved approximately 14.56% of the original total price.

Now, let's move on to the second question.

Since Harry paid the same sale price as Tom, which saved him 30% of the original price, we can set up an equation to find the original total price.

Sale price = 30% of original total price
$14.50 = 0.30 * original total price

To solve for the original total price, divide both sides of the equation by 0.30.

original total price = $14.50 / 0.30
original total price ≈ $48.33

Therefore, the original total price of Harry's three T-shirts was approximately $48.33.