Question

The sales tax in your city is 8.8%, and an item costs $63 before tax.

How much tax would you pay on that item?
Round to the nearest hundredth or cent.

Answer 1

you would pay 5.54 which would be 5 dollars and .54 cents

Explanation:

Answer 2

The answer would be $5.54 because 8.8% = 8.8/100 =0.088 and multiply 63 x 0.088 which equals 5.544≈ 5.54.
The taxes would be $5.54