1. Find the final price of the item below, given that the tax will be applied to

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1. Find the final price of the item below, given that the tax will be applied to the discounted price. Original price of a parrot: $344.99

Discount: 15%

Tax: 1%

2. Jose and Willie are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy packages of chocolate chip cookie dough and packages of double chocolate cookie dough. Jose sold 3 packages of chocolate chip cookie dough and 4 packages of double chocolate cookie dough for a total of $92. Willie sold 1 package of chocolate chip cookie dough and 6 packages of double chocolate cookie dough for a total of $110. Find the cost each of one package of chocolate chip cookie dough and one package of double chocolate cookie dough.

Explanation / Answer

1.

Discounted price =344.99-15% of 344.99=0.85*344.99=293.24

Adding tax on discounted price gives final price

=293.24(1+1/100)=$ 296.17

2. Let cost of one package of Chocolate chip cookie dough be x and price of one package of double chocolate cookie dough be y

So,

3x+4y=92

x+6y=110

Solving gives

x=8,y=17

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