Question

A restaurant is having a deal for Valentine's day and is offering a 4-course meal for $27.00. If there is a sales tax of 8 percent, what is the actual cost of the meal?

Answer 1

$29.16

Explanation:

You want the total cost of a $27 meal after 8% tax is added.

Tax

The amount of added tax is found by multiplying the meal cost by the tax rate:

0.08 × $27.00 = $2.16

Total

The total cost is the meal cost plus the tax:

$27 +2.16 = $29.16 . . . . actual cost of the meal

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Additional comment

The sum 27 + 0.08×27 can also be found by factoring out the 27:

= 27(1 +0.08) = 27×1.08