Question

Mavity Furniture is having a sale this weekend.

Before Taxes, Spend Receive
$500.00 - $999.99 $100.00 off
$1,000.00 - $1,999.99 $250.00 off
$2,000.00 or more $750.00 off

Ms. Marner purchased a conference table and chairs for $1,860.00 before discount and taxes. Ms. Kim purchased cubicles for $5,775.00 before discount and taxes. The tax rate is 8.2%.

After taxes, Ms. ___ received the greater percent decrease of ___% because of the sale. The difference between the percent decrease that each shopper received after taxes is ___%.

Answer 1

for each person you simply need to find out where their purchase falls within the table, and apply the appropriate discount. then apply a 8.2% tax on the incremented total.

then, for each person, calculate the percent discount they received through the formula |(paid price - initial price)|/ (initial price) *100%

for the last blank you simply need to find the difference between what % Kim saved and what % Marner saved