Question

Ellie and her sister are buying a present for their father. They want to buy him a tie that sings jingle bells. The tie, which is regularly $35, is on sale for 40% off because it is after the winter holidays. The girls will split the cost evenly, and their mother gave them $15 to help with the cost of the time. If tax is 8%, how much will Eli and her sister each have to spend on their Father's tie?

Answer 1

The tie original price is $35. First, we need to calculate the discount over this price. To find 40% of a quantity, we just multiply the quantity by 40 and divide by 100.

`35*(40)/(100)=14`

The discount is equal to $14. To find the price of the tie with the discount, we subtract the discount value from the original price.

`35-14=21`

The tax is 8%, calculating the tax of the discounted price, we have

`21*(8)/(100)=1.68`

Adding the tax to the price, we have

`21+1.68=22.68`

Now, we subtract the $15 their mother gave them to help from the price

`22.68-15=7.68`

They paid together $7.68, since the girls will split the cost evenly, to find the value each paid we just need to divide this amount by 2.

`(7.68)/(2)=3.84`

Each sister paid $3.84.