Chapter 6.2, Problem 34IP

To determine

Find the amount of money it save.

Answer to Problem 34IP

The total discount or money it save is $\$7.50$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given:

It is given in the question that the store is offering a discount of $15\%$ and Jeremy buys an item of cost $\$50$ .

Concept Used:

In this, use the concept of thinking % as $\frac{1}{100}$ and ‘of’ is multiplication here.

Calculation: Let’s find Jeremy’s discount. It will save $15\%,or10\%+5\%$ .

So, it get $10\%of50$ by moving the decimal point one place to the left: $\$5$

And $5\%of50$ which is $\$2.50$

So, it’s total discount is $\$2.50+\$5=\$7.50$

Conclusion:

The total discount amount is $\$7.50$ .