Question

Dave has a 30% off coupon for a pair of jeans priced at $78.95. he will also have to pay 6% sales tax and a 1% local option tax at the register. how much will he have to pay for the jeans

Answer 1

$59.13 -- do 78.95 x .7 to get 70% of the original price (30% off) and then multiply that number by 1.07 to get the total plus 7% tax.

Answer 2

Hence, the amount he have to pay for the jeans is:

$ 59.13355

Explanation:

The marked price for a pair of jeans is: $ 78.95

Now he has to pay 6% sales tax and 1% local option tax.

This means that 7% of the tax is to be paid.

Hence,the cost that is paid on tax is:

`(7)/(100)* 78.95\\\\\\=5.5265`

• Hence, now after tax the cost for a pair of jeans is: $ (78.95+5.5625)

= $ 84.4765

Also, there is a coupon with 30% off.

This means that the cost of jeans after applying coupon will be:

`(100-30)\%* 84.4765\\\\\\=70\%* 84.4765\\\\=\$ 59.13355`

The amount that will be paid on jeans is:

$ 59.13355