Heather is looking for the best deal on a smartphone that regularly costs
$719
. Help her compare the price of the smartphone at a store with the price on the store's website by completing the following.
(a) The store's website is offering the smartphone at a
60%
discount off the regular price. Ignoring tax and shipping, how much would she pay for the smartphone on the store's website?
$
(b) The store is having a sale, offering a
50%
discount off the regular price of the smartphone. Heather also has an in-store-only coupon for an additional
10%
off the sale price. Ignoring tax, how much would she pay for the smartphone at the store?
$
(c) Select the true statement.
Heather would pay less for the smartphone on the website.
Heather would pay less for the smartphone at the store.
Heather would pay the same amount at the store and on the website.
Heather would pay less for the smartphone on the website.
(a) The smartphone is being offered at a 60% discount on the store's website. To calculate how much Heather would pay, we multiply the regular price by the discount percentage and subtract that amount from the regular price.
Price on the store's website = $719 - (60% of $719) = $719 - (0.60 x $719) = $719 - $431.40 = $287.60.
Therefore, Heather would pay $287.60 for the smartphone on the store's website.
(b) The store is offering a 50% discount on the regular price of the smartphone. Additionally, Heather has a 10% coupon for an additional discount on the sale price. To calculate how much she would pay at the store, we first calculate the discounted sale price by subtracting the sale discount amount from the regular price. Then we apply the additional coupon discount to the sale price.
Sale price = $719 - (50% of $719) = $719 - (0.50 x $719) = $719 - $359.50 = $359.50.
Price at the store = $359.50 - (10% of $359.50) = $359.50 - (0.10 x $359.50) = $359.50 - $35.95 = $323.55.
Therefore, Heather would pay $323.55 for the smartphone at the store.
(c) Heather would pay less for the smartphone at the store.