Question

Shelly's Boutique had a Labor Day sale featuring 25% off any item. Tammy wanted to buy a blouse that originally sold for $21.99. To the nearest cent, how much will it cost her before tax to buy the blouse during the sale?

Answer 1

16.49

Explanation:

Answer 2

Given:

Original price of a blouse = $21.99

Sale = 25% off

To find:

The cost of blouse during the same before tax.

Solution:

Since Shelly's Boutique had a Labor Day sale featuring 25% off any item. It means price of each item in sale is 25% less than the original price.

`\text{Price of blouse during sale}=21.99-25\%\text{ of } 21.99`

`\text{Price of blouse during sale}=21.99-(25)/(100)* 21.99`

`\text{Price of blouse during sale}=21.99-0.25* 21.99`

`\text{Price of blouse during sale}=21.99-5.4975`

`\text{Price of blouse during sale}=16.4925`

Approximate the value to the nearest cent (2 decimal places).

`\text{Price of blouse during sale}\approx 16.49`

Therefore, the cost of blouse during sale is $16.49.