Question

Maria made some purchses at the Sunflower Market. She bought strawberries for $3.50, carrots for $2.25 and a bouquet of flowers for $9.95. If Maria uses a 20% coupon and has to pay 5.5% tax, how much will she pay in total? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth)

Answer 1

$13.25

Explanation:

First let's add together the cost of all the items Maria bought:

3.50 + 2.25 + 9.95 = 15.70

The total cost of all the items without a coupon or tax is $15.70.

If Maria uses a 20% coupon, the value of the total cost will be 80% of its original value. So, multiply 15.7 by 0.8 to find the cost after the coupon:

15.7 * 0.8 = 12.56

The new total cost is 12.56. Now we need to find the sales tax. Multiply 12.56 by 0.055 to find the value of the sales tax:

12.56 * 0.055 = 0.6908

0.6908 rounds to 0.69. Add the cost of the sales tax to the total cost to get the final answer:

12.56 + 0.69 = 13.25

The total cost Maria will pay is $13.25

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

$13.25

Explanation:

First you add everything up to get you to $15.70, then the 20% is changed to .2 which you then multiply 15.70 by .2 giving you 3.14. You then take 15.70 minus 3.14 which then gets you to 12.56. Then you take the tax of 5.5% and times $12.56 by it, giving you 69 cents, as your tax. Add those together to get 13.25, and then your finished.