Calculating Costs and Discounts
Students will calculate the total cost of items, including sales tax, and apply percentage discounts.
Key Questions
- Analyze how a percentage discount affects the final price of an item.
- Construct a calculation to find the total cost of multiple items with sales tax.
- Evaluate the best deal when comparing different discounts on similar products.
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