Question

Luis wants to buy a skateboard that usually sells for $79.12. All merchandise is discounted by 12%. What is the total cost of the skateboard if Luis has to pay a state sales tax of 6.75%. Round your intermediate calculations and answer to the nearest cent. The total cost of the skateboard is

Answer 1

if it is discounted by 12%, then Luis is actually paying 88%
88% of 79.12 = 0.88(79.12) = 69.6256 rounds to 69.63

sales tax of 6.75%....
69.63(.0675) = 4.699728 rounds to 4.70

final cost would then be : 69.63 + 4.70 = 74.33 <===