on a shopping trip, Gina buys two books priced $4.99 and $12.99. She also buys 2 notebooks, 2 packs of pencils, and 3 compositio

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on a shopping trip, Gina buys two books priced $4.99 and $12.99. She also buys 2 notebooks, 2 packs of pencils, and 3 compositio

n books. The books are on sale for 10% off the list price and school supplies are 15% off. The store charges 6.5% sales tax. Item Cost ($) Notebooks 2.88 Composition Books 0.79 Pencil Packs 1.89

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musickatia [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-22T13:21:51+03:00

The total cost of items Gina bought on her shopping trip given the percentage discount is $26.31

Given:

cost of two books = $4.99 + $12.99

= $17.98

Amount paid for books = $17.98 - 10% of $17.98

= 17.98 - 0.1 × 17.98

= 17.98 - 1.798

= $16.182

Cost of notebooks = quantity × price

= 2 × $2.88

= $5.76

cost of composition books = quantity × price

= 3 × $0.79

= $2.37

cost of pencil packs = quantity × price

= 2 × $1.89

= $3.78

Total cost = $5.76 + $2.37 + $3.78

= $11.91

Amount paid for school supplies = $11.91 - 15% of $11.91

= 11.91 - 0.15 × 11.91

= 11.91 - 1.7865

= $10.1235

Therefore,

total cost of all items Gina bought = $16.182 + $10.1235

= $26.3055

Approximately, $26.31