Another Activity

Thursday, December 06, 2012 9:18 AM

1. A dog house normally costs $230. It is on sale for $200. After taxes and the discount, the dog house costs $214. X 30 ----- ==== 3000/230=13.0435 X X=13.04 Then the discount is 13.04% and the 100 230 sales tax is 7%
X 16 --- =----- = 100 230

1. A video game normally costs $28. It is on sale for $25. With taxes and the discount, it costs $27.25.

X 3 -- ----100 28

X=10.71% is the discount

2. Getting highlights in my hair is on sale for 25% off. The normal price for the highlights I get is $50. The price with sales tax is $40.

25 X --- = --------- = 12.5% discount 100 50

3. An iPhone is on sale for $350. It is marked down by 15%. The sales tax rate (percentage) is 8%.

15 ----100

X ------ = 350

52.5% is the discount

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