Question

In New York, state sales tax rates vary by county. In Allegany County, the sales tax rate is 8 1/2 %.

a. wriet and equation to find the total cost of the ite,s
b. find the total cost
c. rounded to the nearest sent, how much more is the tax on the video game than the tax on the book?

Answer 1

(a) if you buy one item at price p, the tax on this purchase will be 0.085p.
Thus, the total cost of this one item would be 1.085p.

If the price were $3.50, the total paid by the customer would be 1.085($3.50).
Multiply this out by hand or on your calculator.