Question

The owner of a clothing store decides to reduce the price on a line of jeans that are not selling. She feels she can afford to lose $440 of projected income on these pants. What signed number represents the amount that she can mark down each of the 20 pairs of jeans?

Answer 1

We coclude that 22$ is represents the amount that she can mark down each of pairs of jeans.

Explanation:

We know that the owner of a clothing store decides will reduce the price on a line of jeans that are not selling. She feels she can afford to lose $440 of projected income on these pants.

We know that she have the 20 pairs of jeans.

We calculate:

440 : 20 = 22.

We coclude that 22$ is represents the amount that she can mark down each of pairs of jeans.