Question

For shipping the retailer charges a $4.95 flat fee or 5.75% of the total purchase, whichever is greater. If Lucia's total purchase is $78.99, how much shipping will she pay? PLEASE ANSWER ASAP

Answer 1

ANSWER: $4.95

EXPLANATION:

So it’s asking us to find out if $4.95 dollars is more than 5.75% of 78.99.

So we need to find 5,75% of 78.99

To find percentage turn the percent into a decimal.

5.75% become 0.575

Now we have 0.575 x 78.99

That is 45.41925

Move the decimal over again and you get 4.541925

Round to the nearest hundredth to get

$4.54

$4.54 < $4.95

So the answer is &4.95