Question

Brandon buys a basket of flowers for $7 before tax. The sales tax is 4%. What is the total price Brandon pays for the basket of flowers?

Answer 1

Total price Brandon pays for the basket of flowers is, $7.28

Explanation:

As per the given statement: Brandon buys a basket of flowers for $7 before tax.

Convert this $7 into cents.

1 dollars = 100 cents.

$7 = 700 cents.

It is also given that the sales tax is 4%.

then;

Sales tax =
`4\% * 700 = (4)/(100) * 700 = 4 * 7 =28 cents`

Total price Brandon pays = Price of Brandon buys a flower before tax + sales tax price

= 700 + 28 = 728 cents = $7.28

Therefore, the total price Brandon pays for the basket of flowers is, $7.28

Answer 2

$7.28

Explanation:

We have been given that Brandon buys a basket of flowers for $7 before tax. The sales tax is 4%.

The total price that Brandon paid for the basket of flowers will be equal to 7 plus 4% of 7.

We can represent this information in an equation as:

`\text{The total price that Brandon paid for the basket of flowers}=7+((4)/(100)* 7)`

`\text{The total price that Brandon paid for the basket of flowers}=7+(0.04* 7)`

`\text{The total price that Brandon paid for the basket of flowers}=7+0.28`

`\text{The total price that Brandon paid for the basket of flowers}=7.28`

Therefore, the total price paid by Brandon for the basket of flowers was $7.28.