At a store, you are given a 20% discount and you pay a 7% sales tax. Does it matter which is calculated first?

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Jagger Guzman

13 October, 10:15

At a store, you are given a 20% discount and you pay a 7% sales tax. Does it matter which is calculated first?

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Payton Woods · Answer 1

Yes because you would pay less if the 20% was taken off first because it would be a lower amount since your taking a percent of the whole total and not combining the two