<p>Discounts and Sales Tax For each problem: write a proportion, solve it, and label your answers.</p><p>1. Fred Flintstone is shopping at the Bedrock Bargain Basement. If bowling balls are on sale for 30% off the regular price and Fred is buying one that regularly sells for $27, find the amount of his discount and the sale price of the bowling ball.</p><p>2. Wilma and Betty heard about the big sale at the Bargain Basement, so they went shopping too. Betty bought a bonnet which had a regular price of $40. If she saved $5 by buying it one sale, find the rate of discount.</p><p>3. Wilma found a super sale on a mink-a-saurus fur coat, but on the way home she forgot the original price. She remembered that she had saved $90 by buying it one sale and that the coat had been discounted 60%. What was the original price?</p><p>4. The sales tax rate in Bedrock is rock bottom. The sales tax of $1.89 is charged for an official Saber-toothed skateboard that sells for $54. What is the sales tax rate in Bedrock?</p><p>5. The Mayor of Bedrock is raising the sales tax rate to 6 ½%. Barney is going to buy a new car that costs $2,400. Find the amount of sales tax that he must pay and the total cost of his new car.</p><p>6. In Boulder city, the sales tax rate is only 5%. So, Fred travels there to buy a Hondasaurus motorbike. If the sales tax on it is $28.75, what is the price of the Hondasaurus? Discounts and Sales Tax 7. A chrome-plated kickstand for Fred’s Hondasaurus will cost him $11.49. If he buys it in Boulder City at a rate of 5% sales tax, how much sales tax will he pay?</p><p>8. Pebbles Flintstone needs new tires for her babybuggy. If Fred pays $32 for the tires and $1.44 for the sales tax, what is the rate of sales tax?</p><p>9. Fred bought a CD for $13.95 and a poster for $5.75. If the sales tax rate is 5%, find the sales tax and the total cost of the two items.</p><p>10. Wilma bought a steel trap with a marked price of $180 and a discount of $8.10. What is the rate of discount?</p><p>11. Bam Bam bought rollerskates with an original price of $55.80 and a rate of discount of 40%. Find the discount and the sale price.</p><p>12. Wilma bought a Bedrock pennant marked $9.50 and paid $0.57 sales tax. What is the rate of sales tax?</p>