Question

Chet bought a sweater that was on sale for 30% off the regular price of $75.00. If a 6% sales tax was added to the sale price, what was the final cost of the sweater?

Answer 1

Chet paid $55.65 for the sweater.

Explanation:

The final cost is the original price, minus the mark-off, plus the sales tax. We need to make sure we do these steps in the correct order.

`75.00-(75.0*.30)=52.50`

Now that we have the subtotal, we apply the sales tax.

`52.50+(.06*52.5)=55.65`

Chet paid $55.65 for the sweater.