Question

100 POINTS PLEASE HELP ME!

Moses wanted to solve this problem.

A box of spaghetti at the grocery store is purchased for $1.60 wholesale and is marked up by 60 percent. Then, the store marks down the item by 20 percent. A customer wants to buy three boxes of spaghetti. How much will the customer pay, including paying 8 percent sales tax? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Look at the table below.
A. Step 1
B. Step 2
C. Step 3
D. Step 4

Answer 1

Step 3

Explanation:

mark up

1.60 * .60 = .96

the mark up is .96

new price

1.60 + .96 = 2.56

mark down

2.56 * .2 = .51

decrease the price by .51

2.56 - .51 = 2.05

the new price is 2.05

buying 3 boxes

3* 2.05 = 6.15 ******* 3 boxes cost 6.15 not 8.20

sales tax

6.15 * .08 = .49

add the tax

6.15+.49 = 6.64

The cost is 6.64

Answer 2

C. Step 3

EXPLANATION

All steps undertaken by Moses are entirely correct except that he missed to calculate properly $2.05 (3) which supposedly should be $6.15 and not $8.20.