Question

A sporting goods store charges $22.00 for a football before tax. The store holds a sale that marks all prices down by 20% before tax. If the sales tax is 5%, what is the cost of the discounted football after tax?

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Answer 1

If the original price of the football is $22.00, and the store is offering a 20% discount, then the new price of the football before tax would be:

New price before tax = Original price - Discount

= $22.00 - (20% x $22.00)

= $17.60

Now, we need to calculate the price of the football after adding the sales tax of 5%. To do this, we can calculate the amount of sales tax first, and then add it to the new price before tax:

Sales tax = 5% x $17.60

= $0.88

Price after tax = New price before tax + Sales tax

= $17.60 + $0.88

= $18.48

Therefore, the cost of the discounted football after tax is $18.48.