Jordan wants to use an 18% employee discount for the new I-phone. There is a 8.5% tax applied after the discount. If the I-phone costs $349.99, what is the total cost Jordan will pay for the I-phone after tax? Write the correct response and explain how you arrived at your answer on the lines below. *

$311.49

Step-by-step explanation:

*remember when turning percents to decimals you move the decimal to spots to the left. so 5% as a decimal is 0.05 and 10% as a decimal is 10

step 1) multiply 349.99 by 0.18 to find the price of discount. 349.99 times 0.18 is 62.9

step 2) subtract 62.9 from 349.99 to find the price with the discount. the answer is 287.09

step 3) multiply 287.09 times 0.085 to find the price of the tax. which is 24.4

step 4) add 287.09 and 24.4 which is 311.49

2

step-by-2step explanation:

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

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