Question

Heather is considering purchasing an item that costs $17. The sales tax in Heather's area is set at 7.5%. What is the total purchase price that leather would be charged on this purchase? Round your answer to the nearest cent, if necessary.​

Answer 1

$18.28

Explanation:

To get the answer all I did was take 7.5% of 17 which is 1.275

I then rounded 1.275 to 1.28. When you round up the number after the 7 has to be 5 or above. Seeing as the number was 5 we rounded it up to 1.28.

Then I took $17+$1.28= $18.28.

I hope this helps!!!