Question

Suppose a county and a local tax rate of 2% to the CA State tax rate which increases the total tax rate to 6.3% how many sales tax will be charged when buying something that cost $46.83 round your answer to the nearest cent

Answer 1

Step 1:

Total cost = $46.83

Step 2:

Sales tax = 6.3%

$\begin{gathered} \text{Sales tax = 6.3\% of \ 46.83} \\ =\text{ }\frac{6.3}{100}\text{ }\times\text{ 46.83} \\ =\text{ }\frac{295.029}{100} \\ =\text{ 2.95029} \\ =\text{ \ 3} \end{gathered}$

Final answer

Sales tax charge = $3