a $150 bicycle is on sale at a 20% discount. if there is a 5% sales tax, how much does the bicycle cost in all

Question

 I need help trying to figure out what the answer is. I keep getting different answers.

Answer 1

Hello Elizabeth,

First, you want to calculate the original price discounted at 20%. The reason you do this at this step is because discounts do not include the tax portion of the sale in most cases, if not all. 

Therefore: 

150 * 20% discount = 

150 * .20 = 30 <---the amount of the discount


Therefore: 

150 - 30 = 120 

Now, you add your sales tax in the amount of 5% to the $120.00 

Therefore: 

$120.00 * 5% = 

$120 * .05 = 6

$120.00 + 6.00 = $126.00

Therefore, the bicycle costs a total of $126.00 


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