Final answer:
The final price of Frida Kalo’s office chair after rebates and tax is calculated to be $146.61, which does not match any of the provided answer options, indicating a potential error in the question or the options.
Step-by-step explanation:
To calculate the final price of Frida Kalo’s office chair, we need to subtract the rebates from the original price and then add the sales tax to the reduced price. Frida received a rebate of $19.95 from the manufacturer and an $8.95 rebate from the store, making the total rebates $28.90 ($19.95 + $8.95).
Subtracting the total rebates from the original price of the chair ($167.87 - $28.90), we get a subtotal of $138.97. The next step is to calculate the sales tax by converting the percentage to a decimal and multiplying it by the subtotal.
The sales tax rate is 5.5%, which as a decimal is 0.055. Multiplying the subtotal by the sales tax rate ($138.97 x 0.055), we find that the sales tax amounts to approximately $7.64. Finally, the sales tax is added to the subtotal to get the final price ($138.97 + $7.64 = $146.61).
However, since none of the provided answer options match the calculated final price, it is suggested that there may be an error in the original question or the available options. Therefore, we cannot confidently select any of the provided answer choices (A, B, C, D).