Question

Jamie purchased a DVD that was on sale for 15% off. The sales tax in her county is 5%. Let y represent the original price of the DVD. Write an expression that can be used to determine the final cost of the DVD.

y − 0.15y
0.05(0.85y)
y − 0.85y + 0.05y
1.05(0.85y)

Answer 1

k do you know what sales prince is

Answer 2

no that is why i am confused it is very odd

Answer 3

i know it

Answer 4

ok, so y is the price of the dvd.
0.15 is how much of y is gone.
0.85 is what the dvd is now worth.
0.05 is applied tax.

Answer 5

so you want to find how much the dvd costs after removing 15%. then to tax that, multiply the dvd cost by 5%

Answer 6

so that would be c or is that wrong?

Answer 7

no
c is wrong because it is taking 85% from y

Answer 8

you want to multiply y by 0.85

Answer 9

a cuz he is taking 0.15 away.

Answer 10

no

Answer 11

there is no tax being applied there

Answer 12

B? it has what you get 0.05 is the tax and 0.85 is what it is worth

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

Great job