An item is originally priced $68.89. It is on sale for 42 percent of the original price. Which is an estimate of the sale price?

Question

$2.00
$3.50
$20
$28

Answer 1

To find the sale price of the item originally priced at $68.89 with a sale price of 42% of the original price, we can calculate 42% of the original price.

1. Calculate 42% of $68.89:

\[ Sale , Price = 0.42 \times 68.89 \]

Calculating that gives:

\[ Sale , Price = 28.932 \]

Now we can round that to a more manageable number for estimation. The closest estimate among the provided options is:

• $2.00
• $3.50
• $20
• $28

Since $28.93 rounds to approximately $29, the best estimate from the choices given is $28.