Question

English muffins are on sale for $1.99 per package, but only if you buy five packages. This is a $1.00 discount per package. What percent do you save off the regular price when buying the English muffins on sale? Round the answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

50.3% of profit.

Explanation:

English muffins are on sale for $1.99 per package, but only if you buy five packages.

Therefore, the price of five packages of muffins on sale is $(1.99 × 5) = $9.95.

There is a $1.00 discount per package on sale.

So, the ordinary price per package of muffins is $(1.99 + 1) = $2.99.

Therefore, the ordinary price of five packages of muffins is $(2.99 × 5) = $14.95.

Hence, the percentage of profit that I will make when I purchase the package of muffins in the sale is
`(14.95 - 9.95)/(9.95) * 100\% = 50.25\%` ≈ 50.3 % (Answer)