Question

You are shopping and find a coat that is on sale for 30% off . It is regularly priced at $80 . Your friend tells you that she saw the same coat for $ 80 in another store, but it was 20 % off plus an additional 10% off . Will you save money by going to the other store ? Explain why or why not .

You are shopping and find a coat that is on sale for 30% off . It is regularly priced at $80 . Your friend tells you that she saw the same coat for $ 80 in another store, but it was 20 % off plus an additional 10% off . Will you save money by going to the other store ? Explain why or why not .

Answer 1

No

Explanation:

Because if the coat is 20% with an additional 10% off that would equal 30% which is equal to the 30% off at the current store so they're both giving out the same deal

Answer 2

No, because %30 is taking more off a higher number. Rather than only taking %20 off of it than the %10 is taking off an amount on a smaller amount resulting in it taking off less.

Explanation:

$80 * 0.3 (%30) = $24

$80 - $24 = $56

$80 * 0.2 (%20) = $16

$80 - $16 = $64

$64 * 0.1 (%10) = $6.4

$64 - $6.4 = $57.6