Question

Dawn Lingua bought three yards of cloth to make some curtains. The cloth was on sale for $2.25 per yard. How much did Dawn pay for the cloth if the sales tax was 5%?

a. $2.36
b. $7.25
c. $8.07
d. $7.09

Answer 1

6.75+0.34=$7.09 it is d

Answer 2

In order to solve for total sales, you first must solve for the amount of sales tax. Since she bought 3 yards of cloth, she bought
`2.25*3=$6.75` worth of cloth. Now to find the sales tax, multiply that value by
`0.05`, which looks like
`6.75*0.05=0.34` (I'm rounding to the nearest cent). So to solve for the total cost, add those two values together. So the answer is
`6.75+0.34=$7.09`, which is answer choice D.