25,433 views
14 votes
14 votes
if a person spends 68.17 on food (taxed at 2%)& 18.37 on other groceries ( taxed at 7.5%) what is her total bill?

User Pedro Felix
by
2.7k points

1 Answer

10 votes
10 votes

$149.28

1) Since we have to calculate the taxed price, let's do it

$68.17 x(1 + 0.02) 2% is the same as 0.02

68.17 x 1.02

$69.53

2) And the other groceries were taxed even higher( 7.5%)

18.37 x ( 1 + 0.075)

18.37 (1.075)

19.75 Rounded up to the nearest hundredth

Let's sum then 69.53 +19.75 =149.28

3) Hence the total bill is $149.28

User David Steele
by
2.8k points