Question

a laptop that was originally priced at $650 was placed on sale for 25% off. when it did not sell it was put on clearance for 30% off the sale price. what was the clearance price of the laptop

Answer 1

$48.75

Explanation:

To find 25% of 650 you find 50%. To do this you divide 650 by 2 which is 325. you then divide that by 2 again to get $162.50. That is the sale price.

You now need to find 30% of 162.50. To do that you find 10% 3 times because 10x3 is 30. To find 10% you divide 162.50 by 10 to get 16.25.

16.25x3 is $48.75 which is our answer.