Kyle wants to buy a new laptop that has an original price of 540 dollars The store is having a sale, so the laptop is 10 percent off, which amounts to a discount of 54 dollars If sales tax is 8 percent on the final price of the laptop, how much tax will he need to pay?

First subtract the $54 discount from the original $540 price: $540 − $54 = $486. Sales tax is calculated on this discounted price, so 8% of $486 is 0.08 × $486 = $38.88. Therefore, Kyle will pay $38.88 in tax, which is choice B.

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