alleryStart learning →The sale price of an item should always be less than the:
AOrdinary parcel
BOccasional pass
COriginal price
DOptional prize
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Original price
1. A discount takes money off, it does not add money on.
2. So the price after the discount has to be the smaller of the two.
3. The sale price should always be less than the original price.
4. An answer larger than the original price signals an arithmetic slip.
_Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Math Models', sections 3.1-3.5_
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