Question

If you went to a store

and you paid 80% of the
price of a jacket, what
percent was the jacket
discounted?

Answer 1

is it 20% I'm not really sure

Answer 2

$71.74

Explanation:

Given:

Old price of the jacket = $ 80

Discount = 15 %

Therefore, discounted price =

Now, sales tax = 5.5 % on discounted price =

Therefore, the new price of the jacket after discount and paying sales tax is given as:

New price = Discounted price + Sales tax

New price = $ 68 + $ 3.74 = $ 71.74

So, the new price of the jacket is $ 71.74.