Question

A pair of shoes usually sells for $70. If the shoes are 30% off, and sales tax is 5%, what is the total price of the shoes, including tax?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is 51.45$

Answer 2

Answer:

The total price of the shoes including tax is 51.45

Step-by-step explanation:

You could go about this 2 ways.

One way is if the shoes originally cost $70 and they are now 30% off, it basically means that the discounted price of the shoes is 70% of the original cost, which is $49. Then to find the total price including tax, you need to find 105% of 49, because you are adding 5% to the discounted price(100). When you do the math, you should get the answer 51.45.

The other way to do it is by first finding 30% of 70, which is 21, and then subtracting that from the original price(70) to get the discounted price, $49. Then you need to find 5% of 49 and then add that to 49 to find the total cost w/ tax, which is 51.45.