Question

A pair of shoes cost $95. If the shoes are at a 30% discount and the sales tax is 7%, how much would you end up paying for the shoes? Explain how to get your answer. You can do this by showing all of your work in an organized way or by writing out what you did in complete sentences.​

Answer 1

If the shoes cost 95 dollars and are at a 30% discount then we know that the shoes cost 70% of its original price. we would write this as 95 x .7 which is 66.50 dollars. The tax would up the price. To do this we need to add a 1 to whatever the tax percentage is. this would then be written as 1.07 x 66.50 and the answer is 71.155. since you can’t pay that amount you have to round up to the near test hundredth. Since the number in the thousandth spot is 5, we round up making your final price 71.16 dollars.