If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15 percent off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450?

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Bob Huerta · Accepted Answer

Answer: $382.50   Explanation:   Since the dishwasher has a 15% discount, the employee only has to pay 85% of the original price, $450.  100% of original price (full price)   =$450   85% of original price  =$450×85100  =$382.50

Toni Scott · Accepted Answer

Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450?   Original cost: $450   15% off original cost:   450−.15(450)   =450(1−.15)   =450(.85)   =$382.5   addition 20% discount for employee:   382.5−.20(382.5)   =382.5(1−.20)   =382.5(.80)   =$306

alenahelenash · Accepted Answer

The answer is $306.00 First we find the lowest price available since the employee discount is taken from it. This 15% discount would be: ($450)×(.15)=$67.50 (.15 comes from the 15100) We subtract this from the original, since the $67.5 was the percent off: (450)−(67.50)=$382.50 Now we have the lowest price, $383.50, from which we can now take the employee discount from: (382.50)×(.2)=$76.50 (.2 comes from the 20100) We subtract this from the new lowest price, since the $76.50 was the percent off: (382.50)−(76.50)=$306.00 We end up with with this as our final answer.

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