To find the sale price of the box of golf balls originally priced at $16.49 with a 30% discount, we can calculate it as follows:
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Calculate the discount amount: \[ \text{Discount} = \text{Original Price} \times \text{Discount Rate} = 16.49 \times 0.30 = 4.947 \]
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Round the discount to two decimal places: \[ \text{Discount} \approx 4.95 \]
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Subtract the discount from the original price to find the sale price: \[ \text{Sale Price} = \text{Original Price} - \text{Discount} = 16.49 - 4.95 = 11.54 \]
So the exact sale price is $11.54.
A reasonable estimate of the discount could have been $5.00, leading to an estimated sale price of about $11.50.
The two correct answers are:
- $4.95 (approximate discount)
- $11.54 (exact sale price)