Question

Nicole wants to use his 18% employee discount to buy a video game that is priced at $69.99. A 6.5% sales tax is applied to the discounted price. What will be the total cost of the video game, including the sales tax?

Answer 1

Given:

The discount rate, D=18%.

The mared price, M=$69.99.

The sales tax percentage on discounted price, s=6.5%.

The discounted price is,

`\begin{gathered} C=((100-D))/(100)* M \\ C=(100-18)/(100)*69.99 \\ C=57.39 \end{gathered}`

The sales tax on the discounted price is,

`\begin{gathered} S=(s)/(100)* C \\ S=(6.5)/(100)*57.39 \\ S=3.73 \end{gathered}`

The total cost of the video game including the sales tax is,

`\begin{gathered} T=C+S \\ T=57.39+3.73 \\ T=61.12 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the total cost of the video game including the sales tax is $61.12.