Question

A clothing store used the sign shown below to advertise a discount on shirts.

DISCOUNT
Buy Two Shirts
Get 50% Off Third Shirt

Celia wants to buy three shirts, which were originally priced $56 each. The store will discount the
price of the third shirt and then apply a 7% tax to the total cost of all three shirts.

Including the tax.
what will be the mean cost of each shirt? (Round your answer to the nearest cent).

Including the tax, the mean cost of each shirt is $___?

Answer 1

$49.93

Explanation:

Original cost = $56

Cost of 3 shirts:

3*$56 = $168

Cost of 3 shirts with discount:

168 - 1/2*56 =

168 - 28 =

$140

Add tax:

$140*1.07 = $149.8

Mean cost of each shirt:

$149.8/3 = $49.93