Question

A laptop has a listed price of $705.99 before tax. If the sales tax rate is 8.5%, find the total cost of the laptop with sales tax included.

Round your answer to the nearest cent, as necessary.

Answer 1

Answer: $765.99

Step-by-step explanation: Cost $705.99. The first thing I'd do is figure out what 1% of that is. Easy. Just divide by 100. I get $7.0599.

Then I would multiply that by 8.5 = 60.009.

Now I add the 8.5% to the original amount to get the total. I get $765.999. Rounding gives me $765.99.