Question

Melissa wants to purchase a digital camera.The listed price of the camera is $195.99. The camera is on sale for %10 of and Melissa has a coupon for %5 off. Sale tax is %7a. How much money will %10 off sale save Melissa?b. The coupon is applied to the sale price of the camera. How much will Melissa save by using the coupon?c. Sale tax is applied after all discounts are given. How much will Melissa pay for the camera?

Answer 1

a) The 10% off discount will save Melissa $19.599

b) Using the coupon, Melissa will save $9.7995

c) Sales tax = $11.661405

Melissa will end up paying $154.93 for the camera.

Step-by-step explanation

Original price of the camera = $195.99

a) The 10% off discount will save Melissa

10% of (Original price of the camera)

= 0.10 (195.99)

= $19.599

b) The coupon is also applied to the original price of the camera,

Using the coupon, Melissa will save

5% of (Original price)

= 0.05 (195.99)

= $9.7995

c) Sales tax of 7% is then applied when all of the discounts are given.

After removing all the discounts from the original sales price, we will have

(Original price) - (10% off discount) - (5% coupon discount)

= 195.99 - 19.599 - 9.7995

= $166.5915

The sales tax is then applied after this,

Sales tax = 7% of (Price after all the discounts are removed)

= 0.07 (166.5915)

= $11.661405

So,

Amount that Melissa will pay now

= (Price after all the discounts are removed) - (Sales Tax)

= 166.5915 - 11.661405

= $154.9301

= $154.93

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