We are given original selling price of book = $b.
Price is marked down by 46%.
46% can be written as 46/100 in decimals it would be 0.46.
Therefore, markdown as a decimal is 0.46
Now, markdown is 0.46 of original price = 0.46b
Therefore, new price after marked down can be written by expression =
b - 0.46b = 0.56b.
Therefore, the expression for the sale price of the hardcover book is 0.56b.
If original retail price was = $29.00.
The sale price would be 0.56b = 29*0.56 = $15.66.
Total saving = 29-15.66 = $13.34.
Therefore, you save $13.34 by paying the sale price $15.66.