Question

A new pair of shoes is advertised for $110. The sales tax is 7.5%. What is the total cost of the shoes?

Answer 1

Answer:

118.25

Step-by-step explanation

If the tax is in percent, divide the tax rate by 100. You do this by moving the decimal point two spaces to the left. In this, there's 7.5/100 = 0.0

Find the tax value by multiplying tax rate by the item value:

tax = 110 × 0.075

tax = 8.25