Question

The department store sells logo t-shirts at an original price of $12.50. Every month that a t-shirt doesn’t sell, the store reduces the price by 25%. Brianna calculated the price after two reductions:

Answer 1

12.5*0.75*0.75=$7.03

Answer 2

$7.04.

Explanation:

The price after two reductions means that we have to multiply the initial price by 25% twice. Remember that 25% is equal to 0.25, because the percentage sign refers to a division by 100. So, the operation would be:

First reduction.

`12.50-12.50(0.25)=9.375`

Second reduction:

`9.375-9.375(0.25)=7.04`

Therefore, the final price after two reductions is $7.04.

PD: It's important to calculate each reduction separately, because the most common mistake is to do it in one go and miss a subtract process.