Question

You are shopping at a department store and all items currently are being sold at full price. You discover that next week the department store is having a sale. You want to buy one T-shirt and one pair of sandals. Using the following information, how much will you save by waiting until next week to purchase the items?

Item
Original Price
Sale Price
T-shirt
$18.95
$8.99
Sandals
$7.99
$7.50

$10.45

$10.96

$13.49

$16.49

Answer 1

$10.45

Explanation:

You need to add up the total price before the sale and after then subtract

18.95 + 7.99 = $26.94

8.99 + 7.50 = $16.49

26.94 - 16.49 = $10.45

Answer 2

$10.45

Explanation:

Original Price Sale Price

T-shirt $18.95 $8.99

Sandals $7.99 $7.50

You want to buy one T-shirt and one pair of sandals

Total cost of one T-shirt and one pair of sandals according to original price:

=
`18.95+7.99`

=
`26.94`

Total cost of one T-shirt and one pair of sandals according to sale price:

=
`8.99+7.50`

=
`16.49`

Now you will save by waiting until next week to purchase the items:

=Original price of one T-shirt and one pair of sandals- sale price of one T-shirt and one pair of sandals

=26.94-16.49

=10.45

Hence you will save $10.45 by waiting until next week to purchase the items