ron wants to buy a video game with a selling price of $60, on sale for 50% off. The sales tax in 4.5% state is . How much will he have to pay in all? If has $34, can he afford to purchase the game?

Yes, he can.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the sale, you need to times the sale percentage by the original price so

60 x 0.50 = 30

Then you subtract the original price by the sale price so

60 - 30 = 30

So the with the sale, the price is $30.

Now the tax

Do the same

30 x 0.045 = 1.35

Now instead of subtracting you add so

30 + 1.35 = $31.35

Yes, he can afford it.

36 girls

step-by-step explanation:

the 48 boys is 4 parts of the ratio

divide 48 by 4 to obtain one part of the ratio

= 12 ← 1 part of the ratio

3 parts = 3 × 12 = 36 ← number of girls