Four items are purchased at prices of $5.30, $1.29, $.53, and $.68. Sales tax applies at 5% of the total purchase price. What is the total charge?

$8.19

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Add the cost of the items together

5.3 + 1.29 + 0.53 + 0.68 = 7.8

2. Solve for 5% of the cost of the items

5% = 0.05

7.8 · 0.05 = 0.39

3. Add the sales tax to the price of the items

7.8 + 0.39 = 8.19

Explanation:

Add up the prices

5.30 + 1.29 + 0.53 + 0.68 = 7.80

This is the total amount before tax is added. To find the amount after tax, we multiply by 1.05 to get

1.05*7.80 = 8.19

Or a longer way is to find 5% of 7.80 getting 0.05*7.80 = 0.39 in the amount of tax owed, which is added on top of the previous total we got earlier. So we have 7.80 + 0.39 = 8.19

The use of the multiplier 1.05 is handy when you need to apply multiple percentage increases (it also works if you have multiple discounts as well).

step-by-step explanation: so we look at the formula un = a + (n-1)d

un is the amount of seats

n is the nth term aka row number

a is the original sequence/row number

d is the difference between each term

so in this a=22 d=6 and n can remain as n because we are simply formjng a rule

lets put these in the equation

un=22+(n-1)(6)

this is your answer to part a

however

lets double check that this is correct, we'll try putting it into the second term

un=a+(n-1)d

u2=22+(2-1)(6)

u2=22+6

u2=28

as the question said the second row has 28 seats so now we know the formula we made is correct.

as for part b

un=a+(n-1)

its asking us to find a row with 100 seats.

remember un was the amount of seata so all we do is substitute this in.

un=100 a=22 d=6

un=a+(n-1)d

100=22+(n-1)(6)

so now we simplify to find n which is the row number.

100-22=22+(n-1)(6)-22

78=(n-1)(6)

78/6=(n-1)(6)/6

13=n-1

13+1=n-1+1

14=n

so now we know that in the 14th row there is 100 seats.

hope this and that you understood! its my first time using the app or anyone out on here : p its also me to revise so a bunch! ask more questions if you dont understand ☺