SOLUTION: A package holiday to the Gold Coast cost $650 per person. If four people travel together you can have a 15% discount. How much would it cost altogether for four people to go

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Question 983926: A package holiday to the Gold Coast cost $650 per person.
If four people travel together you can have a 15% discount.
How much would it cost altogether for four people to go on
holiday to the Gold Coast?

Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 15% discount means you pay 85% of the original cost (100%-15%=85%):
(0.85)(4 people)($650 /person)=$2210
ANSWER: It would cost 4 people $2210 to go on holiday to the Gold Coast.

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