document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1189904>Question 1189904</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Shauna is buying a laptop computer. she will pay 8% sales tax on the price before any rebates. where will she get a better buy?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "XYZ-Tronic <BR>\n" );
document.write( "price - $629<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mail-in rebate $150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TEC-U-COMP<BR>\n" );
document.write( "price - $649<BR>\n" );
document.write( "discount 25% off </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Shauna is buying a laptop computer. she will pay 8% sales tax on the price before any rebates. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "where will she get a better buy?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "XYZ-Tronic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "price - $629<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mail-in rebate $150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TEC-U-COMP<BR>\n" );
document.write( "price - $649<BR>\n" );
document.write( "discount 25% off<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The solution in the post by @mananth is correct for XYZ-Tronic and is wrong for TEC-U-COMP.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So, I will make two solutions correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8% sales tax on the price before any rebates\r\n" );
document.write( "Option I\r\n" );
document.write( "XYZ-Tronic\r\n" );
document.write( "price - $629\r\n" );
document.write( "mail-in rebate $150\r\n" );
document.write( "Total payment = 629*8% + 629 -150 = $529.32\r\n" );
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document.write( "Option II\r\n" );
document.write( "TEC-U-COMP\r\n" );
document.write( "price - $649\r\n" );
document.write( "discount 25% off, so the price after the discount is  649 - 0.25*649 = 486.75\r\n" );
document.write( "The  8%  tax on the price of  $486.75 is  0.08*486.75 = 38.94 dollars.\r\n" );
document.write( "Total payment = $486.75 + $38.94 = $525.69\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>ANSWER</U>.  Option II (TEC-U-COMP) is cheaper.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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