Question

Holly has $10.00 . she saw a purse in a catalog that was marked 14.95 plus 5% sales tax . how much more did holley need to buy the purse

Answer 1

Explanation:

$5.70

Answer 2

For this case we will first look for the total cost of the purse.
We then have the following rule of three:
14.95 $ -----> 100%
x -------------> 105%
Clearing x we have:
x = (105/100) * (14.95)
x = 15.6975 $
The amount needed to buy the purse is:
15.6975 - 10 = 5.6975 $
Answer:
holley needs 5.6975 $ to buy the purse