Question

A store bought a leather chair and marked it up 20% from the original cost of $967.50. Later on, Rafi purchased the leather chair and paid 10% sales tax. How much, including tax, did he pay for the leather chair?

Answer 1

@az

Answer 2

They marked it UP by 20%

so what do you?

What numbers are you multiplying

Answer 3

It originally costs 967.50

they're increasing it by 20%

Answer 4

$967.50. *.20

Answer 5

good and then don't forget to add it to 967.50

Answer 6

1161

Answer 7

Good and now we have a 10% sales tax

so we're increasing the price by 10%

so what do you do?

Answer 8

multiply

Answer 9

Good! And don't forget to add it to the original price since we're increasing it

Answer 10

1083.6

Answer 11

how did your number decrease

you need to add it since sales tax is something that gets added

Answer 12

what did I need to mulitply

Answer 13

@az

Answer 14

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1161
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and 10%

Answer 15

11610

Answer 16

@az

Answer 17

12577.5

Answer 18

uhhh

Answer 19

what is

1161 * 0.1

and then add that to 1161

Answer 20

1277.1

Answer 21

There you go