Everest Banker had a house listed for $259,900.00. The actual sales price was 6 percent less than the asking price. Find the sales price to the nearest $1,000.00.

A) $243,400.00

B) $244,400.00

C) $243,000.00

D) $244,000.00

B. 244,400.00 is the correct answer

first, we have to find what 6% of the listing price is. we can do this by multiplying 259,900 by 0.06 (6% in decimal form)

259,900 * 0.06 = 15,594

now that we know what 6% of the listed price is, we can subtract this number from the listed price to get the actual sales price.

259,900 - 15,594

= $244,306

which can be rounded to

B) $244,400