Question

The sales tax rate in a city is 7.27% How much sales tax is charged on a purchase of 4 blenders at $15.32 each? What is the total price? The amount of the sales tax is $ (Simplify your answer. Round to the nearest cent as needed)

Answer 1

The total price is $61.28 and the sales tax $4.46

Here, we want to calculate the total price and the sales tax

The total price is the product of the individual price and the number of blenders

The price is thus;

$\text{Total prices = 4}\times15.32\text{ = \ 61.28}$

To calculate the sales tax, we calculate the percentage of the total

That is 7.27% of $61.28

$\frac{7.27}{100}\times61.28\text{ = 4.46}$

The sales tax is $4.46