Question

Tomas bought a book that originally cost $25.99 on sale for 25% off. He paid 6% sales tax. To the nearest cent, how much did Tomas pay for the book

Answer 1

$25.99 \times \frac{25}{100} = 6.4975 \: or \: 6.5$

thus meaning that $6.5 will be removed.

$25.99 - 6.5 = 19.49$

the price before tax is now $19.49 or 19.5

now for the tax

$19.49 \times 6\% = 1.1694 \: or \: 1.2$

now we add

$19.49 + 1.2 = 20.69$

your total is $20.7