Question -:
Jaleesa bought 2 notebooks for dollar 8. 75 and 1 textbook for dollar 74.95 . If the sales tax was 7[tex]{\%}[/tex],
what was the total cost of Jaleesa's purchases?
Explanation -;
In this question we are provided with the cost of each textbook and notebook and it is given that Jaleesa bought 2 notebook and 1 textbook and the sale tax was.7% and we are asked to calculate the total cost of Jaleesa's purchases
First we will calculate the cost of two notebooks
Rate of 1 notebook = $8.75
Cost of 2 notebook = $(8.75 × 2) = $17.5
Now, we will calculate the total cost
Total cost of 2 notebook and 1 textbook = $(17.5 + 74.95) = $92.45
Sales tax was 7%
7% of $92.45
→ [tex]\dfrac{7}{100}[/tex] × 93.45
→ $6.47
Total cost = $(92.45 + 6.47) = $98.92.
