You go to a restaurant. You order a bacon cheeseburger for $5.95, a side of fries for $2.99, a side salad for $1.29, an ice cream cone for $1.99 and a drink for $2.89. You have a coupon to take 50% off your highest priced item from the menu. The sales tax is 5%. How much is your bill?

Bill is $12.75

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1: identify the highest priced item, which is a bacon cheeseburger whose cost is $5.95, since coupon of 50% is on it, it means you get to pay half (1/2) of the money. 5.95/2 = $2.975

Next step is to add all the costs together:

Cheeseburger at 50% off = $2.975

A side of fries = $2.99

A side of salad= $1.29

Icecream cone= $1.99

A drink= $2.89

= 2.975 + 2.99 + 1.29 + 1.99 + 2.89

=$12.135

Then, find the sales tax, Sales tax = 5%, means we find find percent of the total cost of items and add to the bill

Sales tax = 5/100 × 12.135 = 0.607

Finally, we add the sales tax to the total cost of items (0.607 + 12.135)

=$12.74.

I hope this helps.

$12.74175

Step-by-step explanation:

(0.5×5.95)+2.99+1.29+1.99+2.89

= 12.135

Since tax is 5%, 105% of 12.135 is the total bill

1.05(12.135) = 12.74175