The discounted price of a book is 85% of the original price. This is a savings of $3. A sales tax of 8% will be added to the discounted price. How much sales tax will be added?
0.15x = 3
x = 20
(20 - 3) * 0.08 = _____ tax
To find the sales tax, we first need to determine the discounted price of the book. We are given that the discounted price is 85% of the original price, and we know that this discounted price is a savings of $3.
Let's set up an equation to represent this information. Let x be the original price of the book:
85% of x = x - $3
To solve for x, we can set up the equation and solve it:
0.85x = x - $3
0.85x - x = -3
-0.15x = -3
x = -3 / -0.15
x = $20
Therefore, the original price of the book is $20.
Now, we need to calculate the sales tax by adding the sales tax percentage to the discounted price. We are given that the sales tax is 8% of the discounted price.
Sales tax = 8% of discounted price
Let's calculate the sales tax:
Sales tax = 8% of $20
Sales tax = 0.08 * $20
Sales tax = $1.60
So, $1.60 will be added as sales tax to the discounted price of the book.