Question

The sales tax for a certain state can be found by multiplying the purchase price by 1/20 . What is the sales tax on an item that is $25.60? Express your answer as a decimal. $

Answer 1

An item that cost a total of $25.60 would have a sales tax of $1.28.

$25.60 / 20 = $1.28
$25.60 x 0.05 = $1.28

Answer 2

the answer is $1.28 sale tax
Explanation:
Multiply the cost of the item times 0.05 to get the amount of the sales tax:
25.60 * 0.05 = $1.28 sales tax