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You buy a new laptop for 299.99. The sales tax is 6%. What is the total cost for the laptop including sales tax ?

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To calculate the sales tax you first have to do this calculation
$299.99 x .06. You would choose .06 because 6% converted into decimal form is .06.

The total for this calculation would be 17.9994, which would round to $18.00.
Now you apply the amount of this calculation to the original amount.

$299.99 + $18.00 = $317.99

The total cost including sales tax would be $317.99

I hope this helped!
User Waris
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The total cost after sales tax would be $317.99, hope this helps!
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