Jerry bought 7 clothing items, including a coat, and the sum of the prices of these items was $365. If there was no sales tax on any clothing item with a price of less than $100 and a 7 percent sales tax on all other clothing items, what was the total sales tax on the 7 items that Jerry bought?
(1) The price of the coat was $125.
(2) The average (arithmetic mean) price for the 6 items other than the coat was $40.
If we consider the two statements together. Considering price of coat = $125. The price of other 6 items would be 365 - 125 = $240, which is in accordance with what statement (2) says about the average price of 6 other items tob be $40 each. Thus the total tax would be on only the coat costing greater than 100. Thus sales tax would be 7% of 125 = $8.75.
But the OA is E
(1) The price of the coat was $125.
(2) The average (arithmetic mean) price for the 6 items other than the coat was $40.
If we consider the two statements together. Considering price of coat = $125. The price of other 6 items would be 365 - 125 = $240, which is in accordance with what statement (2) says about the average price of 6 other items tob be $40 each. Thus the total tax would be on only the coat costing greater than 100. Thus sales tax would be 7% of 125 = $8.75.
But the OA is E
