SOLUTION: Jacket$65 Discount$30% Sales Tax$4%

Question 22155: Jacket$65
Discount$30%
Sales Tax$4%
Answer by queenofit(120) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you have a jacket that cost 65 and get a discount of 30% plus the sales tax of 4%. Ok, first let me tell you that to get the cost of the jacket most people will multiply 65 * .30 then subtract the answer from the 65 to get the cost of the jacket after the discount. I will show that on the left, however, I like to save a step by multiplying by 70%. there is a 100% in everything, 100-30 gives you 70%. You are payiing 70% of the origional cost, so I multiply by this number and I don't have to subtract the answer from the cost of the jacket. I will show this on the right. When you get your cost after the discount, you have to add the sales tax of 4%. Remember to move your decimal two places to the left when changing from a percent to a decimal.
65*.30=19.50 (discount) 65*.70=45.50 (cost after discount)
65-19.50=45.50 (your cost after discount) 45.50*.04=1.82
45.50*.04=1.82 (tax) 45.50+1.82=47.32
45.50+1.82=47.32(your final cost)
RELATED QUESTIONS
A jacket usually sells for $58.00. If the jacket is 30% off, and sales tax is 7%, what is (answered by JulietG)

a girl bought a jacket for $84.00 with a 15% discount. Then paid a 7% sales tax. To the... (answered by algebrapro18)

$89.57 jacket after a 6%sales tax. what was the original cost before sales... (answered by edjones)

A jacket costs $60.00. The sales tax on the jacket amounts to $5.10. What is the... (answered by waynest)

A jacket is on sale for 25% off. The original price was $40.00 . What is the sale price?... (answered by richwmiller)

what is the sales tax on a jacket priced at $725 if the sales tax rate is... (answered by rfer)

A jacket usually sells for $55.00. If the jacket is 20% off, and sales tax is 6%, what is (answered by TimothyLamb)

Percent of change- Find the final price of each item: Jeans originally cost: $39.99 (answered by piglet162431)

how do you solve this? --> a jacket costs $120 which includes a 5% sales tax. what was... (answered by rfer)