Question

A pair of shoes usually sells for $67. If the shoes are 20% off, and sales tax is 5%, what is the total price of the shoes, including tax?

Answer 1

$56.28

Explanation:

1. Find the shoes' sale price.

The shoes are 20% off. We will find the new price by first finding 20% of $67.

An easy way to do it:

10% of 67 = 6.7
20% of 67 = 13.4

to double the percentage of the first equation, double the answer.

Now that we know 20% of 67 we can take away 20% from it:

67 - 13.4 =53.6

Money uses 2 decimal points so we will add a 0 at the end of the result.

The price of the shoes with only the sale is $53.60.

2. Add sales tax

First find out 5% of $53.60.

An easy way to do it:

10% of 53.60 = 5.360

5% of 53.60 = 2.68

to half the percentage of the first equation, half the answer.

Now that we know the price of the tax we can add it to our shoe price. With the sale the shoe costs $53.60 and we will add our tax:

53.60 + 2.68 = 56.28

Add your units:

$56.28

Answer 2

If the shoes are 20% off, then the sale price of the shoes will be:

67 - 0.20 * 67 = 67 - 13.40 = 53.60

So the sale price of the shoes is $53.60.

If the sales tax is 5%, then the tax on the shoes will be:

0.05 * 53.60 = 2.68

So the tax on the shoes is $2.68.

To find the total price of the shoes including tax, we need to add the sale price of the shoes and the tax:

53.60 + 2.68 = 56.28

Therefore, the total price of the shoes, including tax, is $56.28.