Question

A pair of basketball shoes normal shoes is 120 jordan bought it at a discount of 10% he had to pay 8% tax on the discounted price. If jordan put 15% of the cost including tax as a down payment how much money did he have to pay for the down payment

Answer 1

$17.50

Explanation:

Answer 2

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Answer:

17.50 down

Explanation:

After the discount, the price is 100% -10% = 90% of the original.

After the tax, the amount owed is 100% +8% = 108% of the discounted price.

The amount Jordan put down is 15% of the amount after tax, so is ...

120(0.90)(1.08)(0.15) ≈ 17.50 . . . down payment