Question

Sara wants to purchase new equipment for her home office. The sales tax rate that will apply when she makes her purchase is 6%. Here is a list of items she wants to purchase:

keyboard, $9.99
mouse, $14.99
22-inch monitor, $99.99
chair, $129.99
If Sara has $275 to spend on new equipment for her home office, she ____
be able to purchase all of the items on her list because the total of her purchase after applying sales tax is ____
BLANK ONE:
Will
Will not

BLANK TWO:
$254.96
$270.26
$272.81
$277.91

$

Answer 1

Answers:

• Blank One: Will
• Blank Two: $270.26 (choice B)

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Step-by-step explanation:

Add up the prices given to get

9.99+14.99+99.99+129.99 = 254.96

This is the total amount before tax.

Now let's calculate the tax based on this subtotal.

6% of 254.96 = 0.06*254.96 = 15.2976 which rounds to 15.30. So the sales tax is $15.30 which is added on top of the previous subtotal which gets us 254.96+15.30 = 270.26

A different way to get this is to multiply 254.96 by 1.06 and you should get 270.2576 which rounds to 270.26

Assuming there are no other taxes, fees or surcharges, the value $270.26 is the grand total that Sara will have to pay if she wants all of those items.

Since $270.26 is smaller than $275, this means she will be able to purchase all of the items. Her change will be 275-270.26 = 4.47 dollars.