A store is having a 10%-off sale. It gives an additional 20% off if the item is still above $100 after the first discount. A jacket costs $124.99. Will you get the second discount? You pay for the jacket. If you get the second discount, how many dollars have you saved in total?

Question

Can anyone help with this? like give me an equation

Answer 1

The jacket costs 124.99. 10% off is
124.99 - 124.99*(0.10) = 124.99-12.499 = 124.99-12.50 when rounded = 112.49 so you don't get the additional 20%

Answer 2

Thank's DrBob!

Answer 3

I thought you said you get an additional 20% off if the cost is still over $100 after the first discount.
Well, it is at $112.49, so you do get the 2nd discount.

so after the 2nd discount, the cost is 112.49(.8) = $89.99

The final cost in one calculation would be 124.99(.9)(.8) = 89.99
So how much did you save ??

Answer 4

Really! I can't believe I did that. Just misread the problem all the way around. It dawned on me about 3 A. M. that I MAY have done that and even thought about getting up to see if a correction was in order. Sleep won out. Sorry about that. Bob

Answer 5

uh so what's the answer??