Question

Steve wants to buy a new music player.

The player he wants costs $279.95. The city
he lives in charges a 5% sales tax,
SO for
every
$100.00 Steve spends, he has to pay
a sales tax of $5.00. How much
sales tax
will Steve have to
pay
for the music player?

Answer 1

Answer: $14 for sales tax

Explanation:

you're buying a $279.95 item with a sales tax of 5%. Your math would be simply: [cost of the item] x [percentage as a decimal] = [sales tax]. That's $279.95 x 0.05 =$13.9975

but if you round up which is possible in your case its $14