SOLUTION: A jacket and a shirt originally sold for $80 and $40, respectively. During a
sale Chris bought the $80 jacket at a 40% discount and the $40 shirt at a 55% discount. The total amou
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Question 285525: A jacket and a shirt originally sold for $80 and $40, respectively. During a
sale Chris bought the $80 jacket at a 40% discount and the $40 shirt at a 55% discount. The total amount saved was what percent of the total of the original prices?
a 45% b 47 1/2% c 50% d 79 1/6% e 95%
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
jacket = $80 originally.
shirt = $40 originally.
Total price for jacket and shirt was $120 originally.
Jacket was bought at 40% discount.
This means that the jacket was bought at $80 - .4*$80 = $80 - $32 = $48.
Shirt was bought at 55% discount.
This means that the shirt was bought at $40 - .55*$40 = $40 - $22 = $18.
Jacket and Shirt were both purchased for $48 + $18 = $66.
Total saved was $32 + $22 = $54.
$54 / $120 = .45 * 100% = 45% total savings over the original price.
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