Luis wants to buy a skateboard that usually sells for $79.07. All merchandise is discounted by 12%. What is the total cost of the skateboard if Luis has to pay a state sales tax of 7.75%. Round your intermediate calculations and answer to the nearest cent.
The first step to solve this is to take $79.07 and multiply it by .88 since itβs a discount of 12%. You take 100%-12% and get 88%, 88% as a decimal is .88. So now after you multiplied 79.07 β’ .88 you get 69.5816. Now you take that number and you multiply that by 1.0775 since itβs a sales tax and it INCREASES the amount of money. 7.75% as a decimal is .0775. You multiply 69.5816 β’ 1.0775 and get 74.974174. Now that to the nearest cent is $74.97.
The skateboard will cost $74.97. Sorry for the late responses, Iβm currently answering a lot right now.
