448 views
3 votes
1. You are at the grocery store and you purchase 2 packs of steaks for $9.99 each.  Sales tax is 6%.  How much will you pay in sales tax?

$1.20

$0.60

$21.18

You are at the grocery store and you purchase 2 packs of steaks for $9.99 each.  Sales tax is 6%.  How much is the total?

$21.18

$1.20

$10.59

1 Answer

3 votes
1 steak costs $9.99
2 steaks cost 2*9.99 = $19.98
This is before tax is applied

Apply the 6% tax to get
6% of 19.98 = (6/100)*19.98 = 0.06*19.98 = 1.1988
which rounds to 1.20 (rounded to the nearest penny)

The sales tax is therefore $1.20

Add this to the previous total (19.98) and we get a grand total of 19.98+1.20 = 21.18 which is the final cost (with tax included)

note: we can multiply 19.98 by the value 1.06 to get 19.98*1.06 = 21.1788 and that rounds to 21.18; so it's a different route to the second answer
User Mie
by
8.3k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories