You are in charge of purchasing supplies for a lighting company and need to buy 125 feet of electrical wire. A local supplier sells the wire for $1.25 per foot, plus 5% sales tax. An online company sells the wire for $1.75 per foot. The online company also offers a rebate of 10% for the whole order and charges no additional sales tax. If you choose the better of the two prices, how much will you pay for the 125 feet of wire?

$164.06 for the 125 feet

Explanation:

total costs from brick and mortar store = ($1.25 x 1.05) x 125 feet = $164.06

total costs from online store = $1.75 x (1 - 10%) x 125 feet = $196.88

after you compute the total costs per store, you should purchase the electrical wire from the brick and mortar store

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