At blooming gardens nursery, they are currently running the following promotion: buy three trees of the same at the regular price and get the four at 80% off. Jocelyn is needing some trees for her backyard and decided to buy four red oak trees using the promotion. The regular price for a red oak tree is $390.00. Based on a tax rate of 8.25%, Jocelyn ended up saving $____ by using the promotion.

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To calculate the savings, we first need to find the price of the four red oak trees without the promotion.

Regular price of one red oak tree: $390.00
Price of three trees at the regular price: $390.00 x 3 = $<<390*3=1170.00>>1,170.00

Now we can calculate the price of the fourth tree, with the 80% discount:

Discounted price of the fourth tree: $390.00 x 0.80 = $<<390*0.80=312.00>>312.00

Now let's add up the prices of all four trees:

Total price without the promotion: $1,170.00 + $312.00 = $<<1170+312=1482.00>>1,482.00

Now let's calculate the tax on the total price:

Tax amount: $1,482.00 x 0.0825 = $<<1482*0.0825=122.265>>122.265

Finally, we can calculate the savings:

Savings: $1,482.00 + $122.265 = $<<1482+122.265=1604.265>>1,604.265

Jocelyn ended up saving $1604.265 by using the promotion.