In some states, You pay a sales tax on items you purchase.A sales tax is a percent of what a customer pays for an item that costs c dollars.The expression 0.07(c-0.05c) represents the amount of sales tax in a certain state that would be collected on an item that has been discounted by a certain percent.The expression has two factors.

What does the factor c-0.05c represent?

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In some states, You pay a sales tax on items you purchase.A sales tax is a percent of what a customer  pays for an item that costs c dollars.The expression 0.07(c-0.05c) represents the amount of sales tax in a certain state that would be collected on an  item that has been discounted by a certain percent.The expression has two factors.

What does the factor   c-0.05c represent?

patrickweewoos · Answer

@campbell_st

patrickweewoos · Answer

@campbell_st

texaschic101 · Answer

I think ...your item total cost of your item (c) is being discounted by 5%.....because the .07 is your 7% sales tax.

patrickweewoos · Answer

So c-0.05c is the discount percent

texaschic101 · Answer

.05 is the discount...which is 5%.
It is what the price of the item would cost with the discount

texaschic101 · Answer

c - .05c is the discount price....then you would multiply that by the .07 for the sales tax

texaschic101 · Answer

Example...
your item (c) costs $100. And you get a discount of 5% off of the item
.07(c - .05c) =
.07 (100 - .05(100) =
.07 (100 - 5) = 
.07 (95) --- that 95 is the price of the item with the 5% discount
6.65 --- and this would be the sales tax

patrickweewoos · Answer

So the regular price? and one more question!

texaschic101 · Answer

I am not sure how to word it.....it is the price of the item minus the 5% discount

texaschic101 · Answer

I am sorry but I kinda lost track of time....I have to go now...I am so sorry :(

patrickweewoos · Answer

okay thank you