Question

The price of an all-access ticket to the fair is $42.99 before tax. Roland bought the all-access ticket for 40% off. He then paid 7% sales tax on the discounted price.
Part A: How much did Roland pay in sales tax? Show all work and steps in your solution.

Part B: What is the total amount that Roland paid for the ticket? Show all work and steps in your solution

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 my sale tax is 1.74

Answer 2

40%*42.99-17.19 =24.99 then I find t

Answer 3

7% of 24.99

Answer 4

x = original price of ticket

40% off means he pays 60% of the full price, so 0.60x

7% tax means he has to add an additional 0.07*(0.60x) = 0.042x to the final cost

so the total cost is

0.60x+0.042x = 0.642x

Answer 5

hopefully you're seeing how I'm getting all this?

Answer 6

yes I do

Answer 7

"The price of an all-access ticket to the fair is $42.99 before tax"

so ignore the tax part and just focus on 0.60x

Answer 8

0.60x = 42.99

x = ???

Answer 9

I was thinking about the reduce

Answer 10

hmm I'm not sure if $42.99 is the price BEFORE the 40% reduction?

or AFTER the 40% reduction?

Answer 11

that was confusing

Answer 12

yeah I'm stuck too

Answer 13

guess tax is always paid last

Answer 14

yeah true

Answer 15

but I'm still not sure if $42.99 is the original cost or the reduced cost

Answer 16

after re-reading i think its the original and just to show how they arrive at it base on the calculation

Answer 17

ok so if $42.99 is the original price before the 40% reduction then

60% of 42.99 = 0.60*42.99 = ??

Answer 18

71.65

Answer 19

.6*42.99 = 25.794

Answer 20

25.79

Answer 21

original price before reduction = $42.99

price after reduction = $25.79

Answer 22

now take 7% of that reduced price to find how much tax is paid

Answer 23

1.81

Answer 24

good

Answer 25

23.98 he paid for tickets

Answer 26

total price = (price after reduction) + (tax)

Answer 27

27.60

Answer 28

yes

Answer 29

thanks for your help

Answer 30

no problem