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A department store is having a 15% off sale on all winter coats. You purchase a coat for $275. The department store is located in a county with 7.25% sales tax what is the total cost?

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I also keep getting that same answer as well as 19.94 and its wrong

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The sum of tax and discount will given by:
(15+7.25)%
=22.25%
Total percentage of the total cost will be:
100+22.25%=122.25%
the selling price of the court will be:
122.25/100×275
=4336.187
The answer is 4336.20

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