Question

Ricardo is treating his employees and makes the following purchases at the store: 2 packages of bagels at $3.49 each 2 containers of cream cheese at $2.89 each 3 dozen doughnuts at $5.39 each 4 bottles of juice at $3.49 each Ricardo has a business account which saves him 5% on all purchases at this store. The discount is applied before tax. He is charged sales tax of 7%. If Ricardo paid $45.89, then he _____ for his purchase.

Answer 1

The total for all of the items before the discount or tax is $42.89. Minus 5% for the discount before tax is $2.1445. Now his total is at $40.7455. Add in the 7% tax which is $2.852185. He should pay $43.597685. That rounds up to $43.60 which is less than what he paid. He paid $2.29 more than he should have. I am not sure which word would fit in the blank, or if you can use more than one word.

Answer 2

Answer:

paid $2.29 too much

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