Question

Melissa bought a cake that cost $75. The sales-tax rate is 10 percent. What is the total amount she paid for the cake?

Answer 1

Statements:

1# Melissa bought a cake of cost $75.
2# The tax that has to be paid for the product is 10% of the cost of the product, itself.

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Total amount of money =
`$75 +( (10)/(100)*75 )`

= $75 + $7.5
= $82.5

Answer 2

the total amount she paid for the cake, $82.5

Explanation:

As per the statement:

Melissa bought a cake that cost $75.

⇒Cost of cake = $75

It is also given that:

The sales-tax rate is 10 percent.

then

Sale tax she gave on cake =
`(10)/(100) * 75 = \$7.5`

We have to find the total amount she paid for the cake.

`\text{Total amount she paid for the cake} = \text{Cost of the cake}+\text{Sale tax}`

Substitute the given values we have;

`\text{Total amount she paid for the cake} = 75+7.5 = \$ 82.5`

therefore, the total amount she paid for the cake, $82.5