Question

A student spends $55.50 on school supplies at a store where the sales tax is 8%. What is the total cost of the supplies?

Answer 1

55.50 = .08 * w
55.50 * .08 = 4.44
55.50 + 4.44 = $59.94
w= $59.94 is the total cost of the supplies

Answer 2

you would add 4.40 to 55.50 to get 59.90. because the sales tax is 8% which is 0.08 cents and multiply that by 55 to get 4.40