Question

A website sells a dress at £40 and shoes at £32. The website has an offer: Buy a dress and shoes together and get 1/2 off the price. There is also a shipping and handling charge of £4 added at the end, after any discount. If Ruth buys both a dress and shoes, how much will she actually pay?

Answer 1

`\pounds36`

Explanation:

Cost of one dress =
`\pounds40`

Cost of one pair of shoes =
`\pounds32`

Cost of one dress and a pair of shoes is
`40+32=\pounds72`

They get half off the price because they buy both

`(72)/(2)=\pounds32`

The shipping and handling charge is
`\pounds4`.

So, the total amount Ruth has to pay is
`32+4=\pounds36`.