eddy2017
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Dear friends and teachers:
This one looks easier, but for me, not quite so easy.
A company dropped the price of the laptop by 15%. The original price of the laptop was $845 and the price the customer paid after sales tax was $767.53.
Which of the following is closest to the sales tax paid by the customer?.
a. 6%
b. 6.5%
c.7%
d. 8%
e. 8.5%
Data given
Original price of the laptop $ 845
(Laptop price has a 15% discount).
Total price after sales tax %767.53.
Q: How much does the customer pay in sales taxes?.
So, if I knew the discount, I'd multiply it times the sales tax and would give us how much he paid.
I would set up something like this:
Tax * discount=amount paid.
How am I doing so far?.
Thanks for any hints.
eddy
This one looks easier, but for me, not quite so easy.
A company dropped the price of the laptop by 15%. The original price of the laptop was $845 and the price the customer paid after sales tax was $767.53.
Which of the following is closest to the sales tax paid by the customer?.
a. 6%
b. 6.5%
c.7%
d. 8%
e. 8.5%
Data given
Original price of the laptop $ 845
(Laptop price has a 15% discount).
Total price after sales tax %767.53.
Q: How much does the customer pay in sales taxes?.
So, if I knew the discount, I'd multiply it times the sales tax and would give us how much he paid.
I would set up something like this:
Tax * discount=amount paid.
How am I doing so far?.
Thanks for any hints.
eddy
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