Question

The tax paid on the purchase of a house is 7.5%. If the house cost $255000 what is the total cost of a house?

Answer 1

`\begin{array}ll \cline{1-1} \textit{\textit{\LARGE a}\% of \textit{\LARGE b}}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{\textit{\LARGE a}}{100} \right)\cdot \textit{\LARGE b} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{7.5\% of 255000}}{\left( \cfrac{7.5}{100} \right)255000}\implies 19125~\hfill \underset{total~cost}{\stackrel{255000+19125}{\text{\LARGE 274125}}}`