Question

If Massachusetts has a sales tax of 6 percent and New Hampshire has no sales tax how much money can be saved by buying a 1,000 television in New Hampshire

Answer 1

6 percent of 1000 is 0.06 × 1000
0.06 x 1000 =60
So you can save 60 dollars

Answer 2

If Massachusetts has a sales tax of 6 percent, a $1,000 television would cost $1,060, as the 6 percent of 1000 is 60.

So, as New Hampshire has no sales tax, the same television would cost $1000 in that state.

Therefore, by buying the television in New Hampshire, we would be saving 60 dollars, as 1060-1000 is 60.