Emerson purchased a game that was on sale for 18% off. The sales tax in his county is 8%. Let y represent the original price of the game. Write an expression that can be used to determine the final cost of the game.

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23 January, 04:59

Emerson purchased a game that was on sale for 18% off. The sales tax in his county is 8%. Let y represent the original price of the game. Write an expression that can be used to determine the final cost of the game.

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Lilliana Mathis · Answer 1

Y is the original cost of the game.

price after discount = (1 - 0.18) y = 0.82y

price after sales tax = (1 + 0.08) 0.82y = 1.08 (0.82y) = 0.8856y

Therefore, the final cost of the game is 0.8856y.