Question

Myra bought a pair of jeans that cost $55. The sales tax rate is 10 percent. What is the total amount she paid for the jeans?

Answer 1

60.5 because 10 percent of 55 is 5.5, so 55 plus 5.5 is 60.5

Answer 2

Hence the total cost she has paid for the jeans is $ 60.5.

Explanation:

We are given a word problem as:

Myra bought a pair of jeans that cost $55.

also the sales tax rate is 10 percent.

i.e. the sales tax was 10% of the cost price.

i.e.
`(10)/(100)* 55=\$\ 5.5`

We are asked to find:

What is the total amount she paid for the jeans?

The total cost she would have paid is equal the cost of the jeans plus the sales tax applied on it.

Hence, total cost= $ 55+$ 5.5=$ 60.5

Hence the total cost she has paid for the jeans is $ 60.5.