Question

A store had 896 swimsuits that were marked to sell at $43.95. Each suit was marked down $16.90. Find the reduced price using the formula MS-N, where M is themarkdown, S is the original selling price, and N is the reduced price.The reduced price is $

Answer 1

From the exercise we have the following data

• Number of swimsuits = 896

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• Sale Price S= $43.95

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• Discount M= $16.90

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• Reduced price N = ?

To calculate the reduced price we only have to subtract the total discount from the sale price, like this

$N=S-M$$\begin{gathered} N=43.95-16.90 \\ N=27.05 \end{gathered}$

The reduced price is $27.05