Question

Kane’s furniture store advertising table at 6% discount. The original selling price was $106, and the sale price was $100. What is your price consistent with the ad? Explain.

Answer 1

hmmm ok, so the advertisement says that original price is 106 and is on a 6% discount, ok, how much will that be?

`\begin{array} \cline{1-1} \textit{a\% of b}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{a}{100} \right)\cdot b \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{6\% of 106}}{\left( \cfrac{6}{100} \right)106}\implies 6.36`

so, if the item is discounted by 6%, that'd be then 106 - 6.36 = 99.64, but they are saying they have it for 100? something fishy is going on.