Question

You buy a chocolate and a vanilla cupcake from a bakery. Each cupcake cost $3.50. What would be your total if you were charged 8% sales tax?

Answer 1

• 43.75.

Explanation:

We know that:

• We used $3.50 on both cupcakes.
• We are charged with a 8% sales tax.

In this case:

• We need to find out what 3.50 is 8% of what.

Now, we can solve:

• 3.50 ÷ 0.08 (we do division for this)
• = 43.75

The new cost is $43.75.

Answer 2

You would be charged $7.56 for the two cupcakes