Question

A shoe store is having a sale. A pair of sandals has an original price of $42. They are on sale for 30% off the original price. Sales tax of 7% is applied to the discounted total. Find the sale price of the sandals to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

30% of 42 is 12.6$.
42-12.6 = 29.4$ is the price of the pair with discount applied.
Tax 7%
29.4 * 7% = 2.06
29.4$ + 2.06$ = 31.46 $ final price with discount and tax applied.

Answer 2

$31.46

Explanation:

Original price = $ 42.00

Less 30 % discount = 0.30 × 42.00 = - 12.60

Net sale price = 29.40

+ 7 % sales tax = 0.07 × 29.40 = + 2.06

Total sale price = $ 31.46

The sale price of the sandals is $31.46.