Question

24. Gavin bought a pair of shoes for $64.99. In his city, sales tax is 6.75%. How much was the

total cost of his shoes?

Answer 1

In short, $69.38 rounded,

You can come up with this answer in one of two ways, the first being,

Multiplying the starting price by 6.75% and then adding it to the starting price to get the total cost…

6.75% in decimal form would be 0.0675. So, multiplying 64.99 by 0.0675 and adding it to 64.99 would get us that $69.38 rounded…

The second way I mentioned earlier is easier than adding the tax price on, so, all you would do is multiply the starting price by 1.0675 instead of 0.0675 to retain that 64.99 instead of having to add it on.

I hope this makes sense.

Answer 2

Answer: The total cost of Gavin’s shoes would be $69.36.

Explanation:

First, we need to calculate the amount of sales tax on the shoes. To do this, we can use the formula:

sales tax = price of item x sales tax rate

The price of the shoes is $64.99, and the sales tax rate is 6.75%. Converting the
sales tax rate to a decimal, we get:

sales tax rate = 6.75% / 100 = 0.0675
Now we can calculate the sales tax on the shoes:

sales tax = $64.99 x 0.0675 = $4.39

Finally, we can calculate the total cost of the shoes by adding the sales tax to the original price:

total cost = $64.99 + $4.39 = $69.36

Therefore, the total cost of Gavin’s shoes was $69.36 including sales tax.