Question

A sweater costs $S before tax. If the tax is 8.5%, then the cost after tax is what number times $S?

Answer 1

is it an S or is it supposed to be a 5 if S I think it's written like 8.5s? or something like that? Sorry not too good at this.

Answer 2

Cost after tax is 1.085 times $S.

Hope this helps