The price of a video game is $32.99 before tax. Andre bought the video game for 20% off. He then paid 8% sales tax on the discounted price. Part A: How much did Andre pay in sales tax? Show all work and steps in your solution. (Part B: What is the total amount that Andre paid for the video game?

Question

The price of a video game is $32.99 before tax. Andre bought the video game for 20% off. He then paid 8% sales tax on the discounted price. Part A: How much did Andre pay in sales tax? Show all work and steps in your solution. (Part B: What is the total amount that Andre paid for the video game?

Answer 1

Part A:

To find the amount of sales tax, first, we need to find the price of the video game after the discount. We can calculate this by multiplying the original price by the discount rate: $32.99 * 20% = $6.598.

Next, we need to find the sales tax on the discounted price. To do this, we multiply the discounted price by the sales tax rate: $6.598 * 8% = $0.5278.

So, Andre paid $0.5278 in sales tax.

Part B:
To find the total amount that Andre paid for the video game, we add the discounted price and the sales tax: $6.598 + $0.5278 = $7.1258.

So, the total amount that Andre paid for the video game is $7.1258, which we can round to $7.13.