If you get a 3% discount, the you'll pay 97% of the list price.
0.97 x $22.49 = $21.82
The total price with the discount and sales tax is: $55.64
Assuming the discount is applied before the sales tax is added... 20% of 52 is 10.4, so the price after discount is 41.60. 7% of 41.60 is 2.91 - so your final price is 44.51
That means that there is a discount (a price reduction, compared to the "official" price), and that this reduction is calculate as a percentage of the total price.
The total tax is $0.16 and the total price with tax is $2.75.
The total price is $20.49
The total price with the discount and sales tax is: $55.64
The total tax is $5.10 and the total price with tax is $107.10
Assuming the discount is applied before the sales tax is added... 20% of 52 is 10.4, so the price after discount is 41.60. 7% of 41.60 is 2.91 - so your final price is 44.51
That means that there is a discount (a price reduction, compared to the "official" price), and that this reduction is calculate as a percentage of the total price.
The total discount is $-0.51 and the total price after the discount is $7.99.
You have missing variables such as the critically important total sales.
The total with sales tax is 1,575.00
The total tax is $0.16 and the total price with tax is $2.75.
The total price is $15.37
The total price is $20.49
The total tax is $2.64 and the total price with tax is $35.61.
The total price with sales tax is $8.17