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Jesse wants to buy his father a gift, but he only has $23. There is a shirt hereally likes for his dad that is $30 and he has a 20% off coupon. Can he afford to buy his dad theshirt?

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he cannot afford to buy his dad the shirt

Step-by-step explanation:

Amount Jesse has = $23

Cost of shirt = $30

coupon = 20%

If coupon is applied:

discount = $30 × 20% = 30 × 0.20

discount = 6

The sales price of the shirt after applying coupon = Cost of shirt - discount

The sales price of the shirt after applying coupon = 30 - 6

The sales price of the shirt after applying coupon = $24

The amount Jesse has is less than the sales price of the shirt after applying coupon

$23 < $24

Since the amount he has is less, he cannot afford to buy his dad the shirt

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