Question

Douglas bought a new sports car for $34,900 plus tax on the car tax was 9.95% what was the total price of the car include??

Answer 1

To find the car tax, you first have to convert 9.95% to a decimal not a percentage. To do this, you move the decimal 2 places to the left to get 0.0995. Then you multiply 0.0995 by 34,900 (because it is 0.0995 of the car price) to get $3,472.55. This is the car tax in dollars. Finally, you add $3,472.55 to the car price of $34,900 to get a total price of $38,372.55.