Question

Ellen wants to purchase a book that is regularly priced at $18. The book is discounted 15%. She also needs to pay a 6% sales tax on the discounted price.

What is the total amount Ellen will pay for the book?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

lmao

Answer 4

i got 14.38

Answer 5

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

there are no choices...

Answer 11

i think its $16.22...

Answer 12

but idk

Answer 13

T.T then meh cant be sure, meh got 16.39 T.T

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Answer 15

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Let me see!! :D

Answer 18

16.22

Answer 19

knew it....

Answer 20

im glad i got a human calculator at mai side...

Answer 21

thank you guys

Answer 22

Find out how much a 15% discount would subtract from the cost of an $18 book.

Subtract how much that discount would be from $18.

That's your new price of the book.

Once you find the new price, find out how much 6% of that price is, then add that to your discounted price.

Answer 23

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Answer 24

it was incorrect....

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=.=.......

Answer 26

You shouldn't have clicked it yet! I was working it out! :P

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Super sorry about that!

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:bangs head on table:

Answer 29

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:nods:

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LOL

Answer 33

Ok im going to science tag me Aysha

Answer 34

hontoni gomenasai, let pinkie work it out forst and lets see

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kk

Answer 36

well... to clarify it a bit

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\(\bf {\color{brown}{ 15}}\%\ of\ 18 \implies \cfrac{{\color{brown}{ 15}}}{100}\cdot 18\implies {\color{brown}{ 15}}\div 100\cdot 18\implies \square
\\ \quad \\
\\ \quad \\
18-\square
\\ \quad \\

{\color{brown}{ 6}}\%\ of\ 18-\square \implies \cfrac{{\color{brown}{ 6}}}{100}\cdot 18-\square \implies {\color{brown}{ 6}}\div 100\cdot (18-\square)
\\ \quad \\
\textit{total amount}\implies 18-[(18-\square)-({\color{brown}{ 6}}\div 100\cdot (18-\square) ) ]\)

Answer 38

2.70,....15.30,...

Answer 39

i got 0.92......

Answer 40

dont ask....

Answer 41

i failed it im hopeless

Answer 42

well.... 2.7 is correct, that's 15% of 18
so you'd end up with 15.30 as the discounted price


then get 6% of 15.30, wich is 0.918

so

18 - (2.70) - (0.918)

Answer 43

or 0.92 is fine for a rounded 0.918

Answer 44

oh thank god i got it right

Answer 45

14.38

Answer 46

hmmm hold the mayo

Answer 47

im holding it its halfway to the bread

Answer 48

hmmm the 6% is tax
so that should be ADDED, not subtracted
since Ellen is getting the book for 15.30
but paying out of her pocket 6% of that

Answer 49

oh

Answer 50

wait what?

Answer 51

so... it should be \(\bf \textit{total amount}\implies 18-[(18-\square)+({\color{brown}{ 6}}\div 100\cdot (18-\square) ) ]\)

Answer 52

th box is 2.70 right?

Answer 53

15.30 is the discounted price of the book

now, 6% of 15.30 is 0.918
or about 92 cents

so, she has to pay, the discounted price PLUS the tax

or 15.30 + 0.918 <--- her total price

Answer 54

16.22 if i round the 0.918

Answer 55

yeap

Answer 56

so thats the answer? just to make clear

Answer 57

yes

Answer 58

ok thank you

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yw

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do you mind if i tag you for another question? because i got it wrong and i dont understand why

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@jdoe0001

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sure, just post anew

Answer 63

ok thank you