Question

the coach for a basketball team wants to buy new shoes for her 12 players. super sport is offering a 20%discount on each pair of shoes,wich were originally priced $72.50 a 65% sales tax will be applied to the discount price. the same shoes are also available on double Dribbles web site for $54.75 a 9% processing fee will be applied to the cost of the shoes,plus a shipping fee of $5.99 for each pair. what is the difference in the total costs of the 12 pairs of shoes between the two stores?

Answer 1

Here are the calculations for Super Sport:

[12 ($72.50 x 0.8)] 1.065 = $741.24

Here is the math for Double Dribbles:

[12($54.75 x 1.09)] + (12 x $5.99) = $788.01

$788.01 - $741.24 = $46.77

The difference in price is $46.77.