Question

Randy ordered 3 T-shirts for $25.67 each and one skirt for $23.55 and an 8% tax. What is the total cost of the order?

Answer 1

Answer:  The correct option is

(A) $108.60.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that Randy ordered 3 T-shirts for $25.67 each and one skirt for $23.55 and an 8% tax.

We are to find the total cost of the order.

The cost of 3 T-shirts and 1 skirt before tax is given by

$C.P.=3\times25.67+1\times23.55=77.01+23.55=100.56.$

The tax price is given by

$T.P.=8\%\times C.P.=\dfrac{8}{100}\times100.56=8.04.$

Therefore, the total cost price is given by

$C.P._t=C.P.+T.P.=100.56+8.04=108.60.$

Thus, the required total cost price of the order is $108.60.

Option (A) is CORRECT.

Answer 2

KP - break this one down to three parts: Total cost of shirts, total cost of shirts and the skirt, and then including tax. 

3 T-shirts for $25.67 each would be 3 * 25.67 = 77.01
Shirts and skirt would be 77.01 + 23.55 = 100.56
Tax can be found quite a few different ways, the easiest of which would be multiplication. 

8% = .08

100.56 (total cost of clothes) * .08 (tax) = $8.05

Now just add tax and total cost of the clothes. Because of rounding, our answer might be slightly different but that's okay because it's multiple choice and only 1 answer makes sense!