Question

Teresa has two coupons for shoes coupon a 40% off of $96 shoes coupon be $35 rebate on $96 shoes choose the coupon that gives a lower price and fill in the blank with the correct value

Answer 1

Coupon A

40% off of $96

$\begin{gathered} \text{Discount = 40\% of \ 96} \\ =\text{ }\frac{40}{100}\text{ }\times\text{ 96} \\ =\text{ }\frac{3840}{100} \\ =\text{ 38.4} \end{gathered}$

Price for A

$=\text{ }96\text{ - 38.4 = \ 57.6}$

Coupon B

$35 rebate of $96

Price of B

$\begin{gathered} =\text{ \ 96 - \ 35} \\ =\text{ \ 61} \end{gathered}$

Final answer

Coupon A gives the lower price.

The price with coupon A is $3.4 less than the price with coupon B.