$26.$ Shopper$$s Mart purchased the following items. Calculate the extended total after the trade discounts for each line, the invoice subtotal, and the invoice total.

Quantity Unit Merchandise Unit List Trade Discounts Extended Total

$150$ ea$.$ Blenders $$59\mathrm{.}9520/15/15$ blank $9$

$400$ ea$.$ Toasters $$39\mathrm{.}8820/10/10$ blank $10$

$18$ doz. Coffee Mills $$244\mathrm{.}3030/9/7$ blank $11$

$12$ doz. Juicers $$460\mathrm{.}0025/10/5$ blank $12$

Invoice subtotal blank $13$

Extra $51/2\%$ volume discount on total order blank $14$

Invoice total blank $15$

SHOW TABLE & LIST ALL $26$ through $27$

$27.$ Referring back to Exercise $26,$ you have just been hired as the buyer for the kitchen division of Shopper$$s Mart, a general merchandise retailer. After looking over the discounts offered to the previous buyer by the vendor, you decide to ask for better discounts.

After negotiating with the vendor$$s salesperson, you now can buy blenders at trade discounts of $20/20/15$ and juicers at $25/15/10.$ In addition, the vendor has increased the volume discount to $61/2\%$

$.$

How much would have been saved with your new discounts based on the quantities of the previous order $($Exercise $26)?$

THE ANSWER IS $$851\mathrm{.}05$

As a result of your negotiations, the vendor has offered an additional discount of $2\%$ of the total amount due if the invoice is paid within $15$ days instead of the usual $30$ days. What would be the amount of this discount?

THE ANSWER IS $$392\mathrm{.}72$