You have decided to budget $150 monthly for clothing out of your net pay

Question

You have decided to budget $150 monthly for clothing out of your net pay. You need some new clothes for your new job. You have chosen several items whose total comes to $170 before discount and tax. If there is a 20% discount on all of your items and a 5% tax applied after the discount, will your purchase be under your $150 budget? You do NOT need to write an equation to solve this - just show me your process. Show all of your work using the equation editor and then tell whether or not you are under budget.

Answer 1

budget is 150.00

purchased 170 dollars of items... (before discount and taxes)

 

170X.20=34 dollars

170-34= 136 dollars

136X.05=6.80

136+6.80=142.80

yes it iwas under then 150 dollar budget