Question

Help Please! You live in a state with a sales tax of 5%. You buy a car for $15,000. What is the sales tax?
a. $50
b. $500
c. $750
d. $1,500

Answer 1

C. 750
You can either take the 15,000 x 5%
or
15,000 x .005
Which will both give you the answer of 750 :)