The original price of a pair of jeans is $80. A store marks a pair of jeans as discounted at 40% off. It then has a store wide clearance of 20% off all marked prices. If you come during the sale and use a "40% off" coupon to buy the jeans will they be free? Why or why not? If not what will you pay?
80 * 0.6 = $48
48 * 0.8 = 38.4
38.4 * 0.6 = 23.04
A pair of jeans coast $90 is on sale for $65, what is the percent that you saved?
To determine whether the jeans will be free or not, let's break down the calculations step by step.
1. The original price of the jeans is $80.
2. The store applies a 40% discount, which means you would pay only 60% of the original price.
Calculation: $80 * 0.60 = $48
At this point, if the store-wide clearance discount of 20% is applied, the price will decrease even further.
3. Apply a 20% clearance discount to the discounted price:
Calculation: $48 * 0.80 = $38.40
So, if you only use the "40% off" coupon, you would pay $38.40 for the jeans, not $0. The reason is that the 40% off coupon is applied to the discounted price, not the original price. Therefore, the jeans are not free; you will still have to pay $38.40.