Question

Elena wants to purchase a book that is regularly priced at $18 the book is discounted 15% she also needs to pay 6% sales tax on the discounted price what is the total amount Alan will pay for the book

Answer 1

First, we need to solve the price with the discount.

We need to change the 15 percent into a decimal, by simply just dividing 15 by 100 equaling out to 0.15.

Now multiply the original price by 0.15. 18×0.15 equals to 2.7 but since we're talking about money we must add another zero, making it 2.70.

Now since we figured out $2.70 is the discount, we must subtract it from the price.

18-2.70= $15.30.

But now we have to figure out how much the sales tax. Divide 6 by 100 to get the decimal. 0.06.

Multiply 0.06 by 15.30 to get $9.18.

Since 9.18 is the sales tax, we must add it to the price.

15.30+9.18 equals $24.48.

Therefore, the total price paid is $24.48.

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