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A skateboard is $45.87. it is on sale for 10% off. the sales tax is 8.25%. what is the final cost?

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44.69
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Answer: 44.69 dollars

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Step-by-step explanation:

The skateboard is on sale for 10%, which means that you save that percentage but have to still pay the remaining 90% of the original cost (note the percentages add to 100%)

This means we'll be involving the multiplier 0.90

We'll also be involving the multiplier 1.0825 which represents an increase of 8.25% (because 100% + 8.25% = 1 + 0.0825 = 1.0825)

Chaining the multipliers together is as straightforward as multiplying those values: 0.90*1.0825 = 0.97425

The order doesn't matter because we can multiply in any order.

The final multiplier is 0.97425 which tells us the final cost is

45.87*0.97425 = 44.6888475 = 44.69 dollars

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