Question

on a trip spain , shelia bought a piece of jewelry that cost 56.75. she paid for it with her credit card, which charges a foreign transaction fee of 3%. How much was the foreign transaction fee? show work

Answer 1

so basically find 3% of 56.75
percent means parts out of 100 so 3%=3/100
'of' means multiply
3/100 times 56.75=0.5675
transaction fee=$0.57 (rounded up)