Math Help.PLEASE HELP!?

Question

You buy a television for $375.00. There is a 25% discount and the tax is 6%. What is the answer?

Answer 1

385 x .75 = 281.25
281.25 x 1.06 = $298.13

Answer 2

Note that you do NOT pay taxes over a discount, so the answers of Martian26 and Nyamnda22 are WRONG.

Shoblya's answer is wrong as well, because it shows the taxes one would pay over a discount --which is wrong on several levels.

Also, half cents do not exist, so answers with three decimals after the decimal point aren't right either.

Finally, Popcorn made a mistake in copying an intermediate answer --he jumped from a sales price of 281.25 to a price of 281.75, thus messing up his answer. (PS: After I pointed this out, Popcorn corrected it, yielding the same result as had been given by some other people, making Popcorn's answer redundant.)

The CORRECT answer is $298.13, as given by Ignoramus and Kristen K. My vote would go to Ignoramus because

* he was first to give the right answer;
* he was concise;
* and he didn't forget the dollar sign (we're talking about money so it should be there).

Answer 3

The tax is paid on the price paid for the item. So, to determine the item price multiply $375 x .25, which = $93.75 (discount). Now subtract that amount from $375......... $375-$93.75 which equals $281.25 (sale price). Now $281.25 x .06=$16.875 (tax). Now add $281.25(sale price) to $16.875(tax) and you get the actual cost= $298.125 or
rounded off to $298.13. THE ANSWER is $298.13

Answer 4

375.00 x .06 (tax)= 1st answer. add this answer to 375.00=new total.
then multiply new total by 0.25 (discount)= 2nd answer. now subtract your 2nd answer from the new total and you have your price.

Answer 5

375 x 25/100 = 93.75
93.75 x 6/100 = 5.625

Answer 6

375x.25=93.75 375-93.75=281 281x.06=16.88 281.25=16.88=298.13

Answer 7

$375 x (1 - 0.25) x (1 + 0.06) = $298.125

Answer 8

$375 x (1 - 0.25) x (1 + 0.06) = $298.125

Answer 9

[375-(375x0.25)+(375x0.06)]
375-93.75+22.5
303.75