SOLUTION: Karen gets a 25% employee discount at the store where she works. She must also pay 3% sales tax. If she buys an item that normally sells for $19.00 plus tax, what is her total cost

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Question 1091436: Karen gets a 25% employee discount at the store where she works. She must also pay 3% sales tax. If she buys an item that normally sells for $19.00 plus tax, what is her total cost?
Found 3 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy, math_tutor2020:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Her price for the item is
+19+-+.25%2A19+=+19+-+4.75+
+19+-+4.75+=+14.25+
Now she pays sales tax
+14.25+-+.03%2A14.25+=+14.25+-+.43+
+14.25+-+.43+=+13.82+
She pays total of $13.82
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Answer by MathTherapy(10549) About Me  (Show Source):
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Karen gets a 25% employee discount at the store where she works. She must also pay 3% sales tax. If she buys an item that normally sells for $19.00 plus tax, what is her total cost?
Sale price: $14.25

Total cost:

Answer by math_tutor2020(3816) About Me  (Show Source):
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She gets a 25% discount, so she pays the remaining 75%
We'll use the multiplier 0.75 to represent this.

Then she pays 3% sales tax
This leads to the multiplier 1.03

So, 0.75*1.03*19 = 14.6775 = 14.68

Answer: $14.68