Rodrigo wants to buy a sofa steppers home that cost $259 before tax if he buys it in Washington he will have to pay 8% sales tax if he travels to Oregon he pays no sales tax how much money does Rodrigo save by buying the sofa in Oregon



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The solution;

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Cost of sofa=259} \\ \text{Tax paid=8\% or 0.08} \\ \text{Amount of tax=259 x }0.08 \\ \text{Amount of tax=20.72} \end{gathered}[/tex]

By buying the sofa in Oregon, Rodrigo would have saved $20.72

Thats the amount he would have paid as tax after the actual cost which is $259.

That is, the cost in Washington would have been $279.72