Question

Tommy buys a football for $20 plus 8% tax John buys a helmet for $25 plus 8% tax what is the difference in the amount Tommy and John paid including tax

Answer 1

After calculating the 8% tax on both Tommy's $20 football and John's $25 helmet and adding it to their original prices, John paid $5.40 more than Tommy, including the sales tax.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks to calculate the difference in the total amount paid by Tommy and John for a football and a helmet, respectively, including an 8% sales tax. To do so, we need to:

1. Calculate the tax for each item.
2. Add the tax to the original price to find the total cost.
3. Subtract Tommy's total cost from John's total cost to find the difference.

Tommy's football costs $20. To calculate the tax, multiply $20 by 8%, or 0.08 (convert percentage to decimal):
$20 × 0.08 = $1.60.

The total cost for Tommy is the original price plus tax:
$20 + $1.60 = $21.60.

John's helmet costs $25. Similarly, we calculate the tax by multiplying $25 by 8%:
$25 × 0.08 = $2.00.

The total cost for John is:
$25 + $2.00 = $27.00.

The difference between John's and Tommy's total cost is:
$27.00 - $21.60 = $5.40.

Therefore, John paid $5.40 more than Tommy, including tax.

Answer 2

$5.40

Step-by-step explanation:

First, figure out the cost of the items with tax; for Tommy we have 20*0.08 = 1.6, add that 1.6 to the 20 and his purchase is $21.6, for John we have 25*0.08 = 2, add 2 to his 25 and his purchase is $27. To find the difference we subtract 27-21.6 = 5.4 or $5.40