Question

Emiliana pays 6% sales tax on a cupcake that costs 3 dollars. How much does the sales tax add to the purchase price? Please tell me how you got the answer. (answer choices: $0.018, $18, $0.18, $3.18)

Answer 1

$0.18 sales tax will be added to the purchase price.

Explanation:

Given that:

Cost of cupcake = $3

Sales tax applied = 6%

Amount of sales tax = 6% of cost of cupcake

Amount of sales tax =
`(6)/(100)*3`

Amount of sales tax = 0.06 * 3 = $0.18

Hence,

$0.18 sales tax will be added to the purchase price.