Question

Victor bought a handbag that was marked down 60% from an original price of $50. If he paid 15% sales tax, what was the total cost of the handbag

Answer 1

The answer I got for this word problem is $23 because the first step is to find the 60% of $50 then subtract the answer to $50

Answer 2

$23

Explanation:

first you find 60% of 50

50 x .6 = 30

then you subtract 30 from 50

30 - 50 = 20

since they paid $20 for the hand bag we need to find 15% of 20

20 x 0.15 = 3

finally we add 20 and 3

20 + 3 = 23