Question

A 6-pound watermelon costs $2.40 before a 30% discount. what equation would allow you to find the discounted price of the watermel

on?

Answer 1

y=2.40(0.7)

Explanation:

Taking a 30% discount means you find 100%-30%=70% of the total cost.

70% = 70/100 = 0.7; this means we multiply 2.40 by 0.7 to get the final cost.

Answer 2

`\text{The discounted price of watermelon}=\$2.40-(0.30* \$2.40)`

$1.68.

Explanation:

We have been given that a 6-pound watermelon costs $2.40 before a 30% discount.

The cost of watermelon after the discount will be original price of watermelon minus 30% of the price of watermelon.

We can represent this information in an equation as:

`\text{The discounted price of watermelon}=\$2.40-((30)/(100)* \$2.40)`

`\text{The discounted price of watermelon}=\$2.40-(0.30* \$2.40)`

`\text{The discounted price of watermelon}=\$2.40-\$0.72`

`\text{The discounted price of watermelon}=\$1.68`

Therefore, the discounted price of watermelon is $1.68.