Question

Ava goes out to lunch. The bill, before tax and tip, was $10. A sales tax of 6% was added on. Ava tipped 24% on the amount after the sales tax was added. How much was the sales tax ? Round to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

So to figure out the price with sell tax . You multiply 10 x .06 (6%) and get .60 cents so the price with sells tax was 10.60

Answer 2

0.60

Explanation:

sales tax=

\,\,\text{6\% of \color{blue}{bill}}

6% of bill

=

=

\,\,0.06\times\color{blue}{\$10}

0.06×$10

6% = 0.06

=

=

\,\,\color{green}{\$0.60}

$0.60

\text{The sales tax was \$0.60.}

The sales tax was $0.60.