Question

john is paying for his families meal. The meal cost $45. He has a 15%-off coupon for the meal. After the discount, a 7% sales tax is applied. What does john pay for the meal? Explain or show your reasoning

Answer 1

Answer: 4/9

Explanation:

To multiply fractions, first multiply across the numerators, then multiply across the denominators.

So here, we have 2 · 2 which is 4 and 3 · 3 which is 9.

So we have 4/9 which is in lowest terms.

This means that 2/3 · 2/3 is 4/9.