Question

Jackie wants to buy a new CD player. It costs $32.95. She has saved $26 and has a new coupon for %30 off the price. Does Jackie have enough money to buy the CD player?

Answer 1

32.95*.3 = 9.9 off original price
32.95-9.90=23.05

is 23.05< 26

yes

Answer 2

The correct answer is Yes, she has enough money to buy the CD player.

Explanation:

First we must analyze the information we have:

We know that Jackie has saved $ 26 to buy a CD that costs $ 32.95.

In principle we could say that she does not have enough money. But she has a 30% discount coupon.

Now we must find out if with that she will have enough money to pay for the CD.

For that we must know how much money she got off.

And we will do it as follows:

Discount coupon: 32, 95. 0.30

Discount coupon: 9.88

Now we know that the total CD was discounted $ 9.88.

We just have to do the subtraction:

32.95 - 9.88 = 23.07

Therefore, we can say that Jackie will have enough money to buy the CD player.