wilma buys a new game that is priced $43.89. she gets successive discounts of 15% followed by 5% off on the game. the purchase price of wilma’s game is
If you would like to know the purchase price of Wilma's game, you can calculate this using the following steps:
15% of $43.89 = 15% * 43.89 = 15/100 * 43.89 = $6.5835 = $6.58
$43.89 - $6.58 = $37.31
5% of $37.31 = 5% * 37.31 = 5/100 * 37.31 = $1.8655 = $1.87
$37.31 - $1.87 = $35.44
The correct result would be $35.44.