Question

Shoes and hats are on sale. The expression 1/4(s + 24.80) can be used to determine the discount when you buy shoes with a retail price of s dollars and hats with a total retail price of $24.80. Write another expression that can be used to determine the discount.

Answer 1

0.25s + 6.2

Explanation:

Discount on sale expression : 1/4(s + 24.80)

Retail price of shoe = s

Retail price of hats = 24.80

From expression, we can conclude that there is a ; 1/4 = 0.25 = (0.25 * 100%) = 25% discount on each item ;

Hence, discount expression could be written as :

0.25s + 0.25(24.80)

0.25s + 6.2