Question

Malachi bought a new fishing rod. The regular price of the fishing rod was $125.99. He bought it on sale with a 15% discount. Sales tax of 3% is applied to the discounted total. What was the sale price with tax of Malachi's fishing rod to the nearest cent?

Answer 1

If the discount is 15 percent, he still pays (100-15) or 85%

125.99 * 85%

125.99 * .85 = 107.09  is the price he pays for the rod

107.09 * .03 =3.21 is the sales tax

107.09+3.21=110.30 is the price of the rod with the discount and the tax