You have a coupon good for $5 off the price of any large pizza. You also get a 15% discount on any pizza if you show your student ID. How much more would you pay for a large pizza if the cashier applies the coupon first?

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Given:

Let x be the price of the pizza

$5 for the coupon

15% discount

Solution

x is the price of the pizza. If coupon is applied before:

(x-5) 0.85=0.85x-0.85*5

if it is applied after: 0.85x-5

Therefore, the difference between the two is 0.15*5=0.75

The answer is USD 0.75