Rocco will need to pay a total of $5,246.87 for the car, including the sales tax and transfer fee. to the nearest dollar, what is the purchase price of the car rocco plans to buy?

$4787.16

Explanation:

: Rocco is saving money to buy his first car. He works 15 hours each week and saves $10 for each hour he works. Rocco has already saved $3,500 and plans to save at least $5,300. He knows there will be an 8.5% sales tax on the purchase price of the car and a title transfer fee of $15. He will use the formula below to determine his gas mileage, y, in miles per gallon, from the number of miles m, the car can be driven using g gallons of gas.

y = m / g

Q: Rocco will need to pay a total of $5,246.87 for the car, including the sales tax and transfer fee. To the nearest dollar, what is the purchase price of the car Rocco plans to buy?

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solution

since he will pay a  total of $5,246.87 for the car

we will deduct the transfer fee from the total pay

$5,246.87-$15.0

$5231.87

($5231.87)(1-0.085)

for tax deduction

after tax deduction, the purchase price of the car Rocco plans to buy is $4787.16