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Total Price: A bedroom set that normally sells for $1455 is on sale for 40% off. If sales tax rate is 2%, what is thetotal price of the bedroom set if it is bought while on sale?

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The Solution:

Given:

Total price = $1455

Discount = 40%

Sales tax = 2%

[tex]Discount=\frac{40}{100}\times1455=\text{ 4}\times145.5=\text{ \$}582[/tex][tex]Sale\text{ price}=1455-582=\text{\$}873[/tex]

Add sale tax:

[tex]\frac{2}{100}\times\frac{873}{1}=\text{\$}17.46[/tex]

The total price is:

[tex]873+17.46=\text{\$}890.46[/tex]

Answer:

$890.46