{"id":278256,"date":"2025-08-02T01:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T01:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=278256"},"modified":"2025-08-02T01:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T01:41:29","slug":"you-sell-branded-jeans-for-85-per-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/02\/you-sell-branded-jeans-for-85-per-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"You sell branded jeans for $85 per pair.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-96.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278257\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the problem described in the image, the correct expression to find the price of the jeans is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>85 &#8211; (85 * 0.15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a detailed explanation of why this expression is the correct choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem requires finding the final price of a pair of jeans that originally costs $85 and is being sold with a 15% discount. To solve this, we must first calculate the monetary value of the discount and then subtract that amount from the original price. The expression&nbsp;85 &#8211; (85 * 0.15)&nbsp;correctly represents this two-step process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s break down the chosen expression. The portion inside the parentheses,&nbsp;(85 * 0.15), calculates the discount amount. The original price, $85, is multiplied by the discount rate, 15%, which is written in its decimal form, 0.15. This calculation gives us $12.75, which is the total amount of money saved. The first part of the expression,&nbsp;85, represents the starting price. By subtracting the discount amount from the original price,&nbsp;85 &#8211; 12.75, we arrive at the final sale price of $62.25. The expression models this entire calculation perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other options provided are incorrect for several reasons. The expression&nbsp;85 * 0.15&nbsp;would only calculate the discount amount ($12.75), not the final price you pay. Another option,&nbsp;85 * 1.15, would incorrectly calculate a 15% price increase, resulting in a price higher than the original. Other expressions might involve incorrect discount percentages or faulty logic, such as applying a tax to the discount itself. Therefore, the only expression that accurately reflects the situation of taking a 15% discount off an $85 item is&nbsp;85 &#8211; (85 * 0.15). It logically computes the price after the reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/learnexams-banner4-22.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278258\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Based on the problem described in the image, the correct expression to find the price of the jeans is: 85 &#8211; (85 * 0.15) Here is a detailed explanation of why this expression is the correct choice. The problem requires finding the final price of a pair of jeans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}