Chet bought a sweater that was on sale for 30% off the regular price of $75.00. If a 6% sales tax was added to the sale price, what was the final cost of the sweater?
1 Answer
Aug 31, 2017
Chet paid $55.65 for the sweater.
Explanation:
The final cost is the original price, minus the mark-off, plus the sales tax. We need to make sure we do these steps in the correct order.
Now that we have the subtotal, we apply the sales tax.
Chet paid $55.65 for the sweater.
