Question

A laptop has a listed price of 827.95 before tax. If the sales tax rate is 8.75%, find the total cost of the laptop with sales tax included.

Answer 1

$900.40

Explanation:

Multiply 827.95 by the sales tax rate of 0.0875 which gets you 72.445625. add 827.95 to this and round, giving you 900.40.