Question

8.35 A shopper buys a $100 coat on sale for 20% off. An additional $5 is taken off the sale price by using a discount coupon. A sales tax of 8% is paid on the final selling price. What is the total amount the shopper pays for the coat?

Answer 1

100-20=80
80-5=75
75*8=600
600/100=6
75+6=81
$81 is the final selling price for the coat.

Answer 2

Given:

• A shopper buys a $100 coat on sale for 20% off.
• An additional $5 is taken off the sale price by using a discount coupon.
• A sales tax of 8% is paid on the final selling price.

To find:

• The total amount the shopper pays for the coat.

The formula used to calculate percentage is:(value/total value)*100%.

Explanation:

Step 1 of 2

After the 20% sale, the coat costs

100*0.8 = 80 dollars.

Then 5 dollars are taken off for a cost of

80-5 = 75

Step 2 of 2

Now adding on the sales tax,

the final amount is 75(0.8) = 81 dollars