Question

A plant nursery is having a sale. Potted begonias are marked down 27%, and tomato seedlings are marked down 35%. If you pay $6.57 each for two potted begonias and $2.60 each for three tomato seedlings, how much did you save?
a.
$3.83
b.
$5.31
c.
$6.92
d.
$9.06

Answer 1

Original price per begonia = 6.57 ÷ 0.73 = $9.00, so savings per begonia = 9.00 − 6.57 = $2.43. For two: 2 × 2.43 = $4.86.

Original price per tomato = 2.60 ÷ 0.65 = $4.00, so savings per tomato = 4.00 − 2.60 = $1.40. For three: 3 × 1.40 = $4.20.

Total savings = 4.86 + 4.20 = $9.06.

Answer: d. $9.06