Question

Find the sales tax.



Please also show your work so I can understand it :)

Answer 1

Sales tax: 3.5$

Total Price: 73.5$

Explanation:

the percentage of tax is that much of the total price. if there is 50% sales tax (unrealistic) and the item costs 100 dollars without any tax, then the tax would be 50 dollars. To find this, turn the percent into a decimal (move the decimal place to the left twice) and multiply that by the price. To do this with this problem, use this strategy. 70 times .05= 3.5. Therefore the tax is 3.5$. hope this helps!!

Answer 2

Answer: $3.50

Explanation: First, you want to do 70(1.05) and get 73.5. The way you get 1.05 is by adding 0.05 (5%) to 1 and get 1.05. Next, you want to do 73.5-70. The reason you should do this is because the number 73.5 is including both the selling price and the sales tax, and the question is asking for just the sales tax. Finally, 73.5-70 is 3.5, AKA your final answer, $3.50. I hope this helped!