Erick took $30.00 to the store. he found a item he wanted on sale for $18.50.the sales tax rate was 8%.does he have enough money to buy the item, including tax?

Aclothing store has the sign shown in the shop window. pani sees the sign and wants to buy 3 shirts and 2 pairs of jeans. the cost of each shirt before the discount is $12, and the cost of each pair of jeans is $19 before the discount. write and simplify an expression to find the amount pani pays if a $3 discount is applied to her total