Question

The stores below each have the same snowboard for an original price of $189.59. At which store can you get the snowboard for the lowest price?
Store A: Sale of 30% off and a successive discount of 10% off.
Store B: Sale of 20% off and a successive discount of 20% off.
Store C: Sale of 40% off.
a.
All of the stores have the same discounted price.
b.
You can get the lowest price at Store A.
c.
You can get the lowest price at StoreB.
d.
You can get the lowest price at Store C.

Answer 1

Compute each final price (multipliers = 1 − discount):

- Store A: 0.70 × 0.90 = 0.63 → 0.63 × 189.59 = $119.44
- Store B: 0.80 × 0.80 = 0.64 → 0.64 × 189.59 = $121.34
- Store C: 0.60 → 0.60 × 189.59 = $113.75

Lowest price is at Store C. Answer: d.