Question

A skier needs to buy new ski poles during a ski trip to Utah. The price of the poles is $24 and the sales tax is 4.7%. What is the total cost of the poles, rounded to the nearest cent?

Answer 1

25.128 (rounded is 25.13) you multiply 24 by 1.047 or by .047 and add 24.... i multiplied by 1.047 because its quicker.