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John needs to buy a collection of books for the course that he is studying. The individual prices of the books are $30, $35 and $45. There are three different bookshops that John could go to in order to buy the books, each of which will offer different discounts: The first shop sells all of the books at 10% less than the usual price. The second shop gives a discount of $10 on any purchase of $75 or more. The third shop gives a discount of 20% on any book that normally costs more than $40. John will buy all of the books at the same shop and will choose the shop that gives him the cheapest price. How much will John pay for the books?

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Answer: shop 3 and he will pay 97$ for his books.

Step-by-step explanation:

*% means of and of means to multiply and to discover the percent, we will divide by 100 in the end.

for ex.

10%40

step 1: multiply 10 by 40=400

step 2: divide by 100, so 400/100=4 * if u understand it then u can

10%percent of 40 is 4. skip these 2 steps and get the

Another ex. answer with this trick. for ex.

10%73 10%99= 9.9 the trick is you move the left of

10*73=730 the second digit or in this scenario the underlined 9. you

730/100=7.3 can use this trick for any power of 10 but just remember

10%73=7.3 go left of the second digit depending on how many

zeros the power of 10 has. (this trick is only helpful with

power of 10's.

Shop 1:

step 1: find the percent of each individual prices

10%30=3 10%35=3.5 10%45=4.5

step 2: take 10% of the price and subtract it from the price.

30-3=27 35-3.5=31.5 45-4.5=40.5

step 3: add all the prices

27+31.5+41.5=99

the total price for this shop is $99.

Shop 2:

step 1: add all the prices

30+35+45=110

step 2: if the total price is above 75 then subtract 10.

110-10=100

the total price for this shop is $100.

Shop 3:

step 1: if you have a book that's over 40$ then take 20% out of the book.

20%40=8 then, 40-8=32

step 2: Add all the prices

30+35+32=97

The total price for this shop is $97.

In conclusion, the third shop gives him the books for the cheapest price for $97.

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