12. A bottle of juice is $4.25. The store is offering a 15% discount on all items. After applying the discount, there is a 6% sales tax. What is the final price for the juice?
Answer: D
The final price for the juice is $3.83.
To find the final price of the juice after applying the discount and tax, first calculate the discounted price by reducing the original price of $4.25 by 15%, then apply a 6% sales tax to the discounted amount.
A) $34.00
This option is incorrect as it far exceeds the original price of the juice. It does not reflect any calculations related to the discount or tax and suggests a misunderstanding of the problem.
B) $4.00
This option is incorrect because it does not consider the discount applied to the original price. The discounted price would be lower than $4.25, so $4.00 cannot be the final price after applying the discount and tax.
C) $3.61
This option is incorrect as it miscalculates the final price. While it may represent a discounted amount, it does not account for the additional sales tax applied after the discount, leading to an underestimation of the final price.
D) $3.83
This option is correct. The juice's price after a 15% discount is $3.61, and applying the 6% sales tax on this discounted price results in a final price of approximately $3.83, which accurately reflects both the discount and tax.
Conclusion
The correct calculation of the final price after applying a 15% discount followed by a 6% sales tax confirms that $3.83 is the accurate answer. Other options either fail to reflect the discount, tax, or miscalculate the resulting price, confirming that they do not represent the correct final price.