Question

The sales tax in your city is 8.8%, and an item costs $55 dollars before tax. How much would you pay for that item?

$4.84


$48.40


$14,84


$484

Answer 1

its actually 4.84 - i just took the test and skeptical when the answer below or under mine had a completely different answer.

Answer 2

The answer is $ 59.84

Explanation:

Ok, I know this is not one of the options, but hear me out:

To find the sales tax for that item, you need to multiply the dollar amount by the sales tax (in percent):

$55 * 8.8% = $4.84

So the sales tax is $4.84. However, the question asks "How much would you pay for that item?", not what the sales tax is. So I would solve this problem by adding the sales tax to the dollar amount of the item:

$55 + $4.84 = $ 59.84

If you are able to write or type your answer, I would type $ 59.84. If you can only select one of the given values, then I would suggest going with A: $ 4.84 just because its the only number that is actually relevant at all to the problem.