Question

The following items are purchased from showroom:
A.T-shirt worth Rs. 1200
B.Jeans worth Rs.1000
C.2 Skirts worth Rs. 1350 each
D.What will these items cost to Shikha if the sales tax is 7%?

Answer 1

Hint: We will add the price of each item that is bought to find the total price of items. Then, find the sales tax if the tax is 7%. Then add the amount of with the price of items bought to determine the total cost of the items.

Complete step-by-step answer:
We are given that the cost of a T-shirt is Rs. 1200, cost of Jeans is Rs. 1000 and cost of one skirt is Rs. 1350.
We will first find the total cost of all the items by adding all the prices of items bought.
Also, since 2 Skirts are bought, the price of the skirt will be added twice.
Therefore, we will add 1200, 1000, 1350 and again 1350.
Hence, the total cost of all the items is
\[1200 + 1000 + 1350 + 1350 = 4900\]
Now, we are given that the sales tax on the items bought is 7%.
We will now calculate the sales tax as 7% of 4900.
\[\dfrac{7}{{100}}\left( {4900} \right) = 343\]
That is, Shikha has to pay 343 as sales tax with the price of items that she bought.
To calculate the total cost of items, we will add the price of items bought with the sales tax of the items.
\[4900 + 343 = 5243\]
Hence, the items that Shikha bought will cost Rs. 5243.

Note: Here, we have added the price of one skirt 2 times because 2 Skirts were bought. We can also multiply the price of one skirt by 2 to find the cost of 2 Skirts. And the amount of sales tax is added to the price of items whereas the discounted amount is subtracted from the price of items to calculate the final amount of articles.