Multiply 61 by .4. The answer is 24.4. Subtract 24.4 from 61. This is the sale price after the discount but before the sales tax. The answer to that is 36.6. Multiply 36.6 by .08, the answer is 2.928. Round to the nearest hundreths. Add this to 36.6. You're final answer is 39.53.
Step-by-step explanation:if you take 24 and subtract the five she added, it gives you 19 and since she divided it by two you would multiply it by two to get the original number she was thinking of
