Question

Shannon went to the book store. She bought a book for $7.00, a magazine for $4.25 and a bookmark for $1.99. Her purchase was 15% off. She handed the cashier a $20 bill. How much change did she

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Answer 1

8.74$

Explanation:

so first what you want to do is that you want to add $7 with 4.25 dollars plus 1.99 dollars the next thing you want to do is take 85% of this number you will get 0.85 times that sum

that sum is 13.24. now because she is getting 15% off of her purchase that means you want to take 85% of that 13.24 number . so you will get 1 1.254 you will need to round this because it is in dollars . so you will get 11.25 as her purchase price . now because she gave a $20 bill you need to subtract that number from 20 and you will get 8.746 which is rounded to 8.74 because it is in dollars that is the answer that is her change