Question

Furniture at IKEA is on sale for 35% off of the original price. If the original price of a sofa is $500, how much will you pay at the discounted price?

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Answer 1

$175

Explanation:

10% of 500 you know is 50

so if you add 10% 3 times you know that that's 30% and its easy to add.

50+50+50= $150

than you add the 5% and how you get 5% if you split the 10% in half. Half of 50 is 25 so therefor if you add 10+10+10+5= 35% and if you add 50+50+50+25= $175