Question

the sales tax in your city is 4.4%.and an item costs $3 before tax. how much tax would you pay on that item

Answer 1

Greetings

Answer:

The tax is $0.12

Step-by-step explanation:

If you can imagine that price of $3 to be 100% of the price, you can simply add 4.4 onto this to find the percentage you need to find of the price:

100 + 4.4 = 104.4

So now you can use the percentage formula:

Amount x $\frac{percentage}{100}$

Simply plug all the values into this:

3 x $\frac{104.4}{100}$

3 x 1.04 = 3.12

Now you have the total price and you can simply minus the item cost without tax:

3.12 - 3 = 0.12

So the tax is $0.12!

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Answer:

0.13

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the amount of sales tax you would pay, multiply the sales tax by the original price of the item.

4.4% × $3 = ?

Percent means "out of one hundred," so 4.4%  is equivalent to 4.4 ÷ 100

To find the amount of sales tax that must be paid, multiply 0.044  by the original price. Round to the nearest cent.

0.044 × $3=$0.13