The expression to calculate the total cost of a jacket with an original price of x is 0.7x + 5 % of 0.7x
Solution:
Given that at a clothing store, jackets are on sale for 30% off
Sales is 5 %
To find: Expression to calculate the total cost of jacket
Let "x" be the original price of Jacket
Price of jacket after offer = original price of Jacket - 30 % of original price
Price of jacket after offer = x - 30 % of x
Price of jacket after offer = [tex]x - \frac{30}{100}x = 0.7x[/tex]
The total cost of jacket is sum of price of jacket after offer and sales tax
total cost of jacket = price of jacket after offer + sales tax
total cost of jacket = 0.7x + 5 % of 0.7x
Thus the expression to calculate the total cost of a jacket with an original price of x is 0.7x + 5 % of 0.7x
