Asked by Patrick

Jennifer bought a blender for her mother. The blender was on sale for 1/3 off the marked price. The regular price of the blender was $18.00. How much will she pay for the blender, including sales tax of 6%

Can you please help me figure this out because I don't know where to even begin on this one.

Thank you
Answered by Steve
1/3 off means she paid 2/3 the full price. So, the final price with tax is

(18.00)(2/3)(1.06)
Answered by Patrick
What are you supposed to do with the numbers in parentheses?
Answered by Ms. Sue
The parentheses mean that you multiply.

18 * 2/3 * 1.06
Answered by Patrick
Ok. Let me ask you Ms. Sue how do you go about multiplying 18 x 2/3? Where did Steve get 1.06 from?

Would I put 18/1 x 2/3 and then try to multiply?

What do you multiply first?
Answered by Ms. Sue
18 * (2/3) = 36/3 = 12

1.06 is 1 + 0.06

It doesn't make any difference which you multiply first.
2 * 3 * 4 is the same as 4 * 2 * 3. Check it out.
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