Cousin Edie drank all of Clark's egg nog. Edie finds a coupon for 50 cents off that can only be use at a local grocery store. Clark normally buys his egg nog at the supermarket. The tax rate at both stores is 2.25%. Which deal is better? Clark:$5:95 plus tax Eddie:6.35+coupon tax

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Grace Yoder

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15 November, 23:01

Cousin Edie drank all of Clark's egg nog. Edie finds a coupon for 50 cents off that can only be use at a local grocery store. Clark normally buys his egg nog at the supermarket. The tax rate at both stores is 2.25%. Which deal is better? Clark:$5:95 plus tax Eddie:6.35+coupon tax

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Camryn Cain · Answer 1

Edie has a better deal since his final price is lower

Step-by-step explanation:

Cousin Edie drank all of Clark's egg nog. Edie finds a coupon for 50 cents off that can only be use at a local grocery store. Clark normally buys his egg nog at the supermarket.

The tax rate at both stores is 2.25%.

Clark buys the egg nog at $5.95 plus tax.

Edie buys the egg nog at $6.35 plus coupon plus tax.

After Edie applies the coupon, the final price is $ (6.35 - 0.50) = $5.85

Since the percentage of tax applied is the same, the deal with lower final price is better.

Hence, Edie has a better deal.