Question

An item has a listed price of $45 . If the sales tax rate is 5%, how much is the sales tax (in dollars)?

Answer 1

Answer

$4.05   Sales tax in dollars.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, all you need to do is to multiply the listed price of $45.00 by the 9% sales tax.

$45.00

x   .09

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$4.05   Sales tax in dollars.

Answer 2

$2.25

Convert 5% to a decimal
5/100
0.05

Multiply the price of the item by the decimal
45*0.05
2.25

The sales tax is $2.25

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