(3) Ms. Nenni went to dillard's the following weekend and the sweater was discounted by 25%. The shoes were on sale for 10% off. The jeans were 15% off. What could her total have been if she had waited to buy her merchandise? VA sales tax is 5% of the total price. How much did she pay including tax for all of her items?
Sweater: $35 [take 25% off
Shoes: $52 for each pair [take 10% off each pair]
Jeans: $75 [take 15% off]
subtotal [without tax]: _____
Tax amount [at 5%]: _____
To find the discounted price of the sweater, you need to multiply the original price by (100% - 25%) = 75%.
Discounted price of the sweater = $35 * 0.75 = $<<35*0.75=26.25>>26.25
To find the discounted price of each pair of shoes, you need to multiply the original price by (100% - 10%) = 90%.
Discounted price of each pair of shoes = $52 * 0.90 = $<<52*0.90=46.80>>46.80
To find the discounted price of the jeans, you need to multiply the original price by (100% - 15%) = 85%.
Discounted price of the jeans = $75 * 0.85 = $<<75*0.85=63.75>>63.75
Now, let's calculate the subtotal without tax:
subtotal = discounted price of the sweater + discounted price of the shoes + discounted price of the jeans
subtotal = $26.25 + $46.80 + $63.75 = $<<26.25+46.80+63.75=136.80>>136.80
To find the tax amount, you need to multiply the subtotal by the tax rate of 5%.
Tax amount = subtotal * 0.05 = $136.80 * 0.05 = $6.84
To find the total amount paid, you need to add the subtotal and the tax amount.
Total amount paid = subtotal + tax amount = $136.80 + $6.84 = $143.64
Therefore, Ms. Nenni paid $143.64 including tax for all of her items.