Question

The sales tax rate in Tennessee is 9.53%. If you go on a shopping spree inNashville and your subtotal is $462.82, how much sales tax do you owe?

Answer 1

In order to calculate how much sales tax is owed, we just need to multiply the sale tax rate by the subtotal:

`\begin{gathered} \text{sales tax}=9.53\text{\%}\cdot462.82 \\ =(9.53)/(100)\cdot462.82 \\ =0.0953\cdot462.82 \\ =44.11 \end{gathered}`

So the sales tax is $44.11.