Question

A central supply clerk ordered 14 blood pressure cuffs at an individual cost of $75.60 each. after 8% tax and $8.65 shipping, how much did her company pay for the blood pressure cuffs?

Answer 1

First step is to calculate the price of the cuffs without taxes or transportation:
1 cuff costs 75.6$ and the company bought 14 cuffs
price of cuffs = 75.6 x 14 = 1058.4$

Second step is to calculate the taxes:
taxes = 8% from the price of cuffs
taxes = (8 / 100) x 1058.4 = 84.672$

The company paid 8.65$ for shipping

Total amount paid by the company is the summation of the cuffs' price, taxes and shipping
Total payment = 1058.4 + 84.627 + 8.65 = 1151.722$