Question

Katrina goes to Road Runner after school and purchases a soda for 1.50, chips for 3.50 and a candy bat for 0.50 An additional 8% sales tax is added to the bill how much does she pay in tax and what is the total cost

Answer 1

Sale tax paid by Katrina is 0.44 units of currency and total amount paid is 5.94 unit of currency.

Solution:

Given that Katrina goes to road runner after school and purchase following three products

A soda for 1.50

Chips for 3.50

Candy for 0.50

Also she pays 8% sales tax.

Need to determine amount paid in sales tax and total amount paid by Katrina.

lets first calculate amount she paid without taxes.

Total paid amount without taxes = 1.50 + 3.50 + 0.50 = 5.50

As she paid 8% sale tax , that is 8 % of 5.50

so sale tax paid =
`(8)/(100) * 5.50 = 0.44`

Total amount paid = Total amount paid without taxes + tax paid

= 5.50 + 0.44 = 5.94

Hence sale tax paid by Katrina is 0.44 units of currency and total amount paid is 5.94 unit of currency.