Question

A laptop has a listed price of $667.95 before tax. If the sales tax rate is 6.25% find the total cost of the laptop wit sales tax included.

round the answer to the nearest cent, as necessary

Answer 1

$709.70 :)

Explanation:

$667.95 Before Tax

Turn % into Decimal

(move two places to left always)

6.25% = 0.0625

Original Price ( $667.95 ) x Sales Tax ( 0.0625 ) = Total Tax

= $41.746875

Then add total tax to original price

$667.95 + $41.746875 = $709.696875

Round

$709.70

Answer 2

`\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{6.25\% of 667.95}}{\left( \cfrac{6.25}{100} \right)667.95} ~~ \approx ~~ 41.75~\hfill~\underset{ \textit{total cost} }{\stackrel{ 667.95~~ + ~~41.75 }{\approx\text{\LARGE 709.70}}}`