Washing machine is on sale for 15% off of the list price of $620 what would be the final cost of the machine after tax of 8.25% is applied
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Answer: $570.77 or if you round up $570.78
Step-by-step explanation: You want to find how much money you get off (or how much money you don't have to pay) you first find the decimal of 15% which is 0.15, then you multiply 0.15x620... which is 93. So since that's how much money the discount is, you subtract 93 from 620 and you get...527. $527 is now the final cost after the sale. But you still have to add tax. So you find the decimal for 8.25% which is 0.0825 since you move the decimal place two places to the right. You multiply 0.0825 by 527 to get how much you have to pay FOR TAX (not the whole purchase) 0.0825x527 is 43.775. (43.775 is the price tax basically) You finally add 527 with 43.775. You get $570.775. You can round (probably for the best). You round and you get $570.77 or if you round up you get $570.78.
PERSONALLY, I WOULD DO IT WITH THE STEPS I PROVIDED AND DO THE CALCULATIONS WITH A CALCULATOR TO LEARN AND CHECK FOR THE BENEFIT