Buy-O-Mart sells magazines at a 10% discount. What amount will you pay the cashier for a magazine that costs $5.99 and has a sales tax of 4%?

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Irene

Mathematics

2 November, 15:58

Buy-O-Mart sells magazines at a 10% discount. What amount will you pay the cashier for a magazine that costs $5.99 and has a sales tax of 4%?

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Kramer · Answer 1

Here's the equation:

0.90 (5.99) + 0.04 (0.9 (5.99))

We can simplify this:

0.90 (5.99) + 0.036 (5.99)

5.391 + 0.21564

5.60664

We can round:

It will cost about $5.61