one item costs $30 the other item costs $48. The $30 item is free when purchased with the $48 item. How much did each item cost?

Question

buy 2 items and get the cheaper item free.  bought 2 items, one $30 and one $48.  I want to know what the cost of each item was after applying the discount of the free item

Answer 1

K, you seem to be overthinking this.  It's actually fairly simple, I promise!

 

So, if the cheaper item is free, then you are paying for the $48 item and NOT for the $30 item, so your total cost is $48.

 

Since you bought two items for a total of $48, then your cost per item is $48/2 = $24 per item.

 

Hope this helps!