Question

Cousin Edie drank all of Clark's egg nog.Edie finds a coupon for 50 cents off that can only be use at a local grocery store.Clark normally buys his egg nog at the supermarket. The tax rate at both stores is 2.25% .Which deal is better? Clark:$5:95 plus tax Eddie:6.35+coupon tax

Answer 1

Edie has a better deal since his final price is lower

Explanation:

Cousin Edie drank all of Clark's egg nog . Edie finds a coupon for 50 cents off that can only be use at a local grocery store.Clark normally buys his egg nog at the supermarket.

The tax rate at both stores is 2.25%.

Clark buys the egg nog at $5.95 plus tax .

Edie buys the egg nog at $6.35 plus coupon plus tax.

After Edie applies the coupon , the final price is $( 6.35 - 0.50 ) = $5.85

Since the percentage of tax applied is the same, the deal with lower final price is better.

Hence, Edie has a better deal.