the original price for a Jacket is $79.95 the sale price for the sane jacket is $62.79, if you have 59.20, in your pocket how much do you still need

Answer 3.59

Step-by-step explanation:

Remark

This is called an extraneous information question. That means you have a piece of information you don't need. You'll get a lot of these in math courses yet to come. The piece of information you don't need is 79.95.

All you need are the other two numbers.

Givens

sale price = 62.79

Pocket money = 59.20

Formula

Amount needed = Sale price - Pocket money

Solution

Amount needed = 62.79 - 59.20

Amount needed = 3.59