Question

The sales tax in fort worth, Texas is 8.25% . find the tax charged on a purchase of 26.52

Answer 1

Given data:

The sales tax is 8.25 %

Purchase = $26.52

To get the tax charged, we can apply the formula below:

$\text{Tax chaged=Sales tax }\times\text{ Purchase}$

Thus, applying the formula, we will obtain

$\begin{gathered} \text{Tax charged =8.25\% }\times26.52 \\ =\frac{8.25}{100}\times26.52 \\ =\frac{218.79}{100} \\ =2.1879 \end{gathered}$

This gives $2.19.

Hence, a tax of $2.19 will be charged on the purchase