Question

Charlie and his friend Jay went to the fair. They were having a sale and the admission was 25% off. The regular ticket price was $9.00 and the tax is 6%. What would Charlie's total be?

Answer 1

The Total of Charlie's will be $7.16.

Explanation:

Given:

Charlie and his friend Jay went to the fair. They were having a sale and the admission was 25% off.

Price of regular ticket = $9.00.

tax = 6%.

We need to find Charlie’s total.

So we will first find the price of regular ticket with 25% off.

25% percent of regular ticket =
`(25)/(100)* 9 = \$2.25`

Discounted Price of regular ticket will be equal to Price of regular ticket minus Discounted amount.

Discounted Price of regular ticket = 9 - 2.25 = $6.75

Now, including tax :

Tax paid will be on discounted amount.

Hence Amount paid in tax =
`6\% * 6.75= (6)/(100)* 6.75 = \$0.405`

Total amount paid by charlie is equal to sum of Discounted Price of regular ticket and Amount paid in tax

Total Amount paid by charlie =
`6.75+0.405 =\$7.155 \approx \$7.16`

Therefore, the total of Charlie's will be $7.16.