Question

Nya wants to buy a sweater that had an original price of $55. The sweater is now discounted 20% and sales tax rate is 5.5%. How will nya pay for the sweater?

Answer 1

$46.42.

Explanation:

We have been given that Nya wants to buy a sweater that had an original price of $55. The sweater is now discounted 20% .

The price of the sweater after 20% discount will be 55 minus 20% of 55.

`\text{The price of the sweater after discount}=55-((20)/(100)*55)`

`\text{The price of the sweater after discount}=55-(0.20*55)`

`\text{The price of the sweater after discount}=55-11`

`\text{The price of the sweater after discount}=44`

Therefore, the price of sweater after discount will be $44.

Now let us find the price of sweater after adding 5.5% sales tax.

`\text{The price of the sweater after sales tax}=44+((5.5)/(100)*44)`

`\text{The price of the sweater after sales tax}=44+(0.055*44)`

`\text{The price of the sweater after sales tax}=44+2.42`

`\text{The price of the sweater after sales tax}=46.42`

Therefore, Nya paid $46.42 for the sweater.

Answer 2

=46.42

Explanation:

First step is to find the discount

Discount = original price * discount rate

= 55 * 20%

= 55*.20

=11

Take the discount from the original price and that is the new price

new price = original price - discount

= 55-11

=44

Now we need to find the tax

tax = new price * tax rate

= 44 * 5.5%

= 44 * .055

=2.42

The final price is the new price plus the tax

final price = new price + tax

= 44+2.42

=46.42