Question

I paid $6.50 and $2.90 and theres a 6 % sales tax? what did i pay?

Answer 1

You payed $9.96.

$6.50 +$ 2.90=$9.40
$9.40 x 0.06= $0.56
$9.40+$0.56=$9.96

Answer 2

The first thing we must do for this case is to calculate the total amount paid.
We have then:

`6.50 + 2.90 = 9.40`
We are now looking for an additional 6% of the amount.
For this, we make the following rule of three:
9.40 --------> 100%
x ------------> 106% From here, we clear the value of x.
We have then:
`x = (106/100) * (9.40) x = 9,964`
Answer: you paid:
`x = 9,964`