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A clothing store buys shirts for n dollars and then marks them up 50%. To reward their employees, the store gives a 50% discount to all employees. How much does an employee pay for a shirt? 50% = 0.5 Markup cost = (1 + 0.5)n Markup cost = 1.5n 50% discount: 1.5n/2 = 0.75n

A store sells books for 50% off on Sundays. The store advertises that on Easter Sunday the store takes an additional 25% off. What would a pile of books cost on Easter Sunday that normally sell for $100 on a Thursday? 50% off means we'd pay 100% - 50% = 50% An additional 25% off means we'd pay...

A book is discounted 45%. If the original price is $40, what is the new price? 45% discount means we pay 100% - 45% = 55% 40 * 55% = 22

A bookstore was selling books for 50% off. A shelf in the store had a sign that said "Books on this shelf take an additional 25% off." Leta picked out books from the discount shelf that had a regular price of $100. How much did Leta pay for the discounted books? 100 with 50% discount is $40...

A guitar that normally cost n dollars is on sale for 20% off. The tax is 8%. What is the total cost of the guitar including tax? Discount Amount = 0.2n Total paid after discount = n - 0.2n = 0.8n Tax amount: 0.8n * 0.08 = 0.064n After tax amount: 0.8n + 0.64n = 0.864n

The regular cost of a guitar is n. On Saturdays, all guitars are 15% off. What is the price of the guitar on Saturday? 15% = 0.15 If we take that price off, we have: 1 - 0.15 = 0.85 So the cost is 0.85n

The regular price for a television is Q dollars. Each Saturday televisions are 20% off (The discount is .2Q). What is the price of a television on Saturday in terms of Q? Q = Regular Price .2Q = Discount Discounted Price = Q - .2Q = 0.8Q

A pair of jeans are priced at $129.99 there is a discount of 20% and sales tax of 8% what is the final cost Calculate discounted price: Discounted price = Full price * (100% - discount percent) Discounted price = 129.99 * (100% - 20%) Discounted price = 129.99 * 80% Since 80% = 0.8, we have...

20 teachers made a bulk purchase of some textbooks. The teachers received a 24% discount for the bulk purchase, which originally cost $5230. Assuming the cost was divided equally among the teachers, how much did each teacher pay? Calculate Discount Percent: If the teachers got a 24% discount...

a store sells a certain toaster oven for 35. The store offers a 30% discount and charges 8% sales tax. How much will the toaster oven cost? Calculate discounted price: Discounted Price = Full Price * (1 - Discount Percent) Since 30% = 0.3, we have Discounted Price = 35 * (1 - 0.3) Discounted...

A $480 TV was put on sale for 30% off. It didn't sell, so the price was lowered an additional percent off the sale price, making the new sale price $285.60. What was the second percent discount that was given? Let the second discount be d. We're given: 480 * (1 - 0.3)(1 - d) = 285.60 480(0.7)(1...

A sports store near Big Bear Lake is having a 20% off sale on all water skis. What will the sale price be for water skis which regularly sell for $248? Calculate Sale Price: Sale Price = Full Price * (1 - sale discount) Sale Price = 248 * (1 - 0.2) <-- since 20% is 0.2 Sale Price = 248 * (0.8)...

A coat normally costs $100. First, there was a 20% discount. Then, later, it was marked down 30% off of the discounted priced. How much does the coat cost now? Calculate discounted price: Discounted Price = Full Price * (1 - Discount Percentage) Discounted Price = 100 * (1 - 0.20) <-- Since 20%...

A store is offering a 11% discount on all items. Write an equation relating the final price 11% discount means we pay 100% - 11% = 89% of the full price. Since 89% as a decimal is 0.89. With a final price f and an original price p, we have: F = 0.89p

3 cases of fresh apples that cost $21.95 per case with 20% off and a 7.5% sales tax Figure out the total cost before the discount: Total Cost before discount = Cases * Price per case Total Cost before discount = 3 cases * $21.95 per case Total Cost before discount = $65.85 Now, find the...

A store is offering a 18% discount on all items. Write an equation relating the sale price S for an item to its list price L. 18% discount means we subtract 18% (0.18) as a decimal, from the 100% of the price: S = L(1 - 0.18) S = 0.82L

The population of a town is currently 22,000. This represents an increase of 40% from the population 5 years ago. Find the population of the town 5 years ago. Round to the nearest whole number if necessary. To get the population 5 years ago, we'd discount the current population of 22,000 by...

The original price of a computer was $895.00. Eleanor had a 25% off coupon which she was able to use to make the purchase. If sales tax of 6.5% was added after the discount was taken, how much did Eleanor pay altogether for the computer? First, apply the discount: $895 * 25% = $223.75 $895 -...

Lucas is offered either 15% or $21 off his total shopping bill. How much would have to be spent to make the 15% option the best one? Let the total bill be b. We have: 0.15b > 21 <-- Since 15% is 0.15 Using our inequality calculator, we get b>140. So any bill greater than $140 will make the...

A coat is on sale for 35% off. The regular price of the coat is p. Write and simplify and expression to represent the sale price of the coat. Show your work. The Sale price of the coat is: S = p(1 - 0.35) <-- Since 35% is 0.35 as a decimal S = 0.65p