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Lowes sold garden gnomes for $28. 99 each a customer signed up for a free membership card and received a 5% discount off the price. Sales tax of 5% was applied after the discount what was the final price of the garden gnome

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Answer:

$28.92

Explanation:

Find the discount

28.99 × 0.05 = 1.4495

28.99-1.4495 = 27.5405

Calculate the tax of the discounted item

27.5405 x 0.05 = 1.377

27.5405 + 1.377 = 28.9175

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