Question

A pair of shoes sell for $27 per pair. There is a sale tomorrow on shoes offering two pairs for $45. How much will 3 pairs of shoes cost today?

Answer 1

3 pairs of shoes will cost $81 today.

If you read the question too quickly, you might have simply added ($45 + $27 )and arrived at $72, but since the question asks about the price of shoes today, and not tomorrow --- which is when the sale starts --- you have multiply $27 x 3 to get to $81.

MARK BRAINLIEST