Walden's family is shopping for a reclining chair. The chair the family decided on has a retail price of $800 plus 5% sales tax
at four stores. Each store is offering a different promotion.
Store
A
B
C
D
Promotional Offer
$75 instant rebate
10% off sale
% off sale plus store pays sales tax
"no tax" sale the store pays the tax
5
a
Which store has the best deal?
store A
store B
store C
store D
It says 3 times a number you know that it will be 3 times the variable. Next, it says the "sum of" so you know you will be adding 6 to the multiplication of 3 and the variable to equal 8.
