Question

1. find the sales tax amount:

basketball hoop: $499.87
discount: 20%
use 9.125% for sales tax

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate discounted price

First, find 80% of the original price (since 100% - 20% = 80%).
$\$499.87 \times 0.80 = \$399.896$

Step2: Calculate sales tax amount

Multiply the discounted price by the sales tax rate (9.125%).
$\$399.896 \times 0.09125 \approx \$36.49$

Answer:

$\$36.49$