Question

The original price, p, of a pair of shoes was discounted by 20% and a sales tax of 8% was applied to the sales price. Which expression is equivalent to the new price?

Answer 1

0.864p

Explanation:

A discount of 20% is (1 - .2) = .8

8% tax is 1.08

.8 * 1.08 = 0.864

That means the new price is 0.864p