Question

Eugene wants to buy jeans at a store that is giving $10 off everything. The tag on the jeans is marked 50% off. The original price is $49.98 Find the total cost if the 50% discount is applied before the $10 discount.

Answer 1

So you would do 49.98 multiplied by .5 which equals the discount amount of 24.99. After you do that you subtract 24.99 from 49.98 which gives you