A company purchased $3,700 worth of merchandise. Transportation costs were an additional $320. The company returned $255 worth of merchandise and then paid the invoice within the 1% cash discount period. The total cost of this merchandise is:

$3,727.35

Explanation:

The values in parenthesis are substracted

Merchandise cost             $3,700

Transportation costs         $320

Merchandise returned      ($255)

Total cost                           $3,765

1% discount                        ($37.65)

Final cost                            $3,727.35

As we can see, the total cost of the merchandise is $3,727.35

muslims control the north africa during the period of 1500 up

to 1800. they made a barrier to prevent further european exploration from

entering the africa from the north. however, the dutch ware still able to move

toward the interior with having south africa as one of the routes leading to

the east for trading with asia.