Question

Noah sees a pair of shoes he wants to buy. The shoes have an original price of $40 but are $10 off this week. Noah has a coupon for an additional 20% off of the sale price of the shoes. What is the total percent discount (total markdown) that Noah will receive on the shoes before tax is calculated?

Answer 1

The shoes have an original price of $40 but are $10 off, this means that the sale this week is $30.

An additional 20% off means that it is basically 80% of the shoe being sold this week. So

Since the shoes he is going to buy are $24 dollars out of the $40 original price. The price dropped $16.

What percent of 40 is 16? You can convert it into a fraction by dividing 16 by 40. So

Since is easily recognized as 40%. The total percent discount is 40%