Question

Mavity Furniture is having a sale this weekend.
Before Taxes, Spend
$500.00- $999.99
$1,000.00-$1,999.99
$2,000.00 or more
Receive
$100.00 off
$250.00 of
$750,00 off
Ms. Marner purchased a conference table and chains 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. Marner received the greater percent decrease of because of the sale. The difference between the percent decrease that each shopper received after taxes is .
The answers for the first one is:
13.44
12.99
14.93
15.53
The second one is:
0.45%
32.21%
0,05%
0.6%
My cousin need help with this

Answer 1

for each person calculate the price before and after discounts are appiled. the % decrease is: (final price - initial price) / (initial price) * 100%

Marner bought $1,860.00 before taxes which puts her in the $1,000.00-$1,999.99 category, receiving 200 dollars off. as a general rule, the discount is applied before the sales tax, so subtract 200 dollars from 1860 then apply the 8.2% tax (multiply the total by 1.082). apply the % discount formula on the initial price and the discounted final price.

same logic with Kim. she bought $5,775.00 so she's in the $2,000.00 or more, receive 750 dollars off category.