Question

A lawn sprinkler at Walmart Garden Center is $8.60. There is a 10% discount on Tuesdays for senior citizens. Paul is a senior citizen who comes in to purchase a lawn sprinkler on Tuesday. How much will it cost Paul to make this purchase?

Option 1: $8.60
Option 2: $7.74
Option 3: $8.00
Option 4: $9.46

Answer 1

The cost of the lawn sprinkler for Paul, a senior citizen purchasing on a discount Tuesday, will be 2) $7.74 after applying a 10% discount to the original price of $8.60.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the cost of the lawn sprinkler for Paul, who is a senior citizen shopping on a Tuesday when there's a 10% discount, we need to find 10% of the original price and then subtract it from the original price. The original price of the lawn sprinkler is $8.60.

First, calculate the discount amount:

10% of $8.60 = 0.10 × $8.60 = $0.86

Next, subtract the discount amount from the original price:

$8.60 - $0.86 = $7.74

Therefore, the cost of the lawn sprinkler for Paul after the discount will be $7.74, which corresponds to Option 2.