Question

Azarai is looking to purchase a new pair of basketball shorts costing $40. The New Jersey state tax rate is 7.5 percent. What final price must he pay??? Plzzz I will give you 100 points

Answer 1

$43.00

Explanation:

final price = marked price + tax

= marked price + (tax rate) · (marked price)

= (marked pric) · (1 + tax rate)

= $40.00 · 1.075

= $43.00