Question

Alma is paying 8% sales tax, which can also be expressed as 108% of the price. There's also a 20% discount, meaning she's paying 80% of the price, or 0.8.

Answer 1

She is paying 88% or .88 of the original price.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sales tax is 8%, which adds .08 to the price she is paying.

The discount is 20%, which subtracts .20 from the price she is paying.

(1.00+.08) - .20 = 1.08 - .20 = .88

.88 is the same as 88%, so she pays a total of 88% (with sales tax included).