Elena wants to purchase a book that is regularly priced at $18 the book is discounted 15% she also needs to pay 6% sales tax on the discounted price what is the total amount alan will pay for the book

First, we need to solve the price with the discount.

We need to change the 15 percent into a decimal, by simply just dividing 15 by 100 equaling out to 0.15.

Now multiply the original price by 0.15. 18×0.15 equals to 2.7 but since we're talking about money we must add another zero, making it 2.70.

Now since we figured out $2.70 is the discount, we must subtract it from the price.

18-2.70= $15.30.

But now we have to figure out how much the sales tax. Divide 6 by 100 to get the decimal. 0.06.

Multiply 0.06 by 15.30 to get $9.18.

Since 9.18 is the sales tax, we must add it to the price.

15.30+9.18 equals $24.48.

Therefore, the total price paid is $24.48.

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