Given:
A gold and diamond bracelet sells for $1600.
tax rate is 5.5 %
The sales tax is calculated as,
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{ Sales tax = 5.5\% }\times1600 \\ =\frac{5.5}{100}\times1600 \\ =88 \end{gathered}[/tex]Now to find the total price,
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Total price= bracelet price+sales tax} \\ =1600+88 \\ =1688 \end{gathered}[/tex]Answer:
The sales tax is $ 88
The total price is $ 1688.
