Question

If Courtney paid a total of $27.93 to download songs, which includes $2.06 for tax, how many songs did she download at a cost of $1.99 per song?

Answer 1

13 songs

Explanation:

The total cost of the songs is $27.93, including the tax. The tax cost should be removed from the total cost to find how many songs Courtney downloaded because she didn't pay $2.06 for the songs.

`27.93 - 2.06 = 25.87`

The cost of all the songs is $25.87. Each one costs $1.99 so, to find how many songs she bought, the cost of each song should be divided from the total cost.

`25.87 / 1.99 = 13`

Answer 2

13 songs.

Explanation:

$27.93 - $2.06 = $25.87 in order to get the price of the songs before the tax.

Since each song cost $1.99, $25.87 divided by $1.99 is equal to 13