At Tire Depot, a pair of new tires sells for $216. The manager's special advertises the same tires selling at a rate of $380 for 4 tires. How much do you save per tire if you purchase the manager's special?

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smendyka
Nov 16, 2016

The manager's special saves you $13 per tire.

Explanation:

If a pair of tires (2 tires) sells for $216 then you divide $216 by 2 in order to obtain the price per tire.

#($216)/2 = $108# per tire.

The manager's special for 4 tires is $380. Therefore you divide $380 by 4 to obtain the price per tire.

#($380)/4 = $95# per tire.

To find how much you save on the managers special you subtract the price per tire for the managers special ($95) from the regular price per tire ($108).

#$108 - $95 = $13#

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