Question

Hallum Hardware creates flyers to advertise a sale on a certain type of carpet. A portion of the flyer is shown below.

Guillen Floors advertises the same type of carpet at a cost of 10% less per square foot than Hallum Hardware. Determine the cost of 700 square feet of carpet if it is bought from Gullien Floors

Answer 1

Cost 700 sq. ft carpet at Hallum is $750

thus the cost of the same cost at Guillen will be:

90/100×750

=$675

Answer: $675

Answer 2

Given that the cost of carpet at Guillen Floors is 10% less than the cost of carpet at Hallum Hardware. The cost of 700 sq. ft of carpet at Guillen will be found as follows:
Cost 700 sq. ft carpet at Hallum is $750
thus the cost of the same cost at Guillen will be:
90/100×750
=$675
Answer: $675