Problem:
The total in-store price for an appliance is . A television commercial advertises the same product for three easy payments of and a onetime shipping & handling charge of . How much is saved by buying the appliance from the television advertiser?
Answer Choices:
A. cents
B. cents
C. cents
D. cents
E. cents
Solution:
The total price advertised on television is
so this is less than the in-store price.
The three payments are each cents less than , and the shipping and handling charge is cents less than , so the total price advertised on television is cents less than . The total in-store price is cent less than , so the amount saved by buying the appliance from the television advertiser is cents.