Question

$46 shoes, 2.9% tax what is the total cost

Answer 1

remember that percent means parts out of 100
2.9%=2.9/100=0.29/10=0.029/1=0.029

2.9% of 46
'of' mean multply
0.029 times 46=1.334
that is tax
add to original cost
46+1.334=47.334
round to hundreths
47.33

answer is total cost=$47.33