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A customer wants to purchase a sweater from a store.

• The original price of the sweater is $40.
• The sweater is on sale for 20% off the original price.
• A sales tax of 5% is applied after the discount.
What was the final price of the sweater?

User Snewedon
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Answer:

$33.60

Explanation:

multiply 40 by 0.20 = 8 subtract 8 from 40= 32 x 0.05 is 1.6 so its 33.6

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