Question

Roger is a graphic artist, so his resume’ is several pages long and includes an artistic portfolio. His prospective employers want hard copies of his resume’, so he wants to have 400 copies of his resume printed. His local print shop charges $91.50 for the first 200 copies and $42 for every 100 additional copies.
a. how much will the 400 copies cost including a sales tax of 6%

Answer 1

Answer:    $186.03

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Explanation:

It costs $91.50 for the first 200 copies.

Roger needs 200 more copies to get to 400 total.

He's charged $42 per 100 copies at this point, so he is charged 42*2 = 84 extra dollars to do those extra 200 copies.

Before tax, his total is 91.50+84 = 175.50 dollars.

The sales tax will increase the bill by 6%

To increase by 6%, we use the multiplier 1.06

1.06*175.50 = 186.03

Or you can follow the steps shown in the next section.

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6% of 175.50 = 0.06*175.50 = 10.53

The sales tax is $10.53

175.50 + 10.53 = 186.03

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Whichever method you use, you should end up with an after-tax cost of $186.03