Question

theThe sale price of the second sweater can be determined by calculating Choose... of the regular price of the sweater and choose...regular price. The discount on the purchase of two sweaters is the same as Choose... off each sweater.If Joanie buys four of these sweaters, she will save Choose... off the total cost of the four sweaters at their regular price. Joanie is Choose...

Answer 1

First, calculate what is 40% of the regular price equal to and substract it from the regular price to find the sales price of the sweaters.

Since the regular price is $37, then:

`\begin{gathered} 40\text{ \%}*37=(40)/(100)*37=14.8 \\ 37-14.8=22.2 \end{gathered}`

The total discount on the purchase of two sweaters is 14.8*2=29.6, which is equal to 29.6/4 = 7.4 off each sweater, which is 20% off each.

Then, if Joanie buys two sweaters at the regular price and two on sale, she will save 20% off the total cost. Then, Joanie is incorrect.