Question

You want to buy 2 blue baseball caps which has a price tag of $30.50 each from Clovis's hat store, Of sales tax is 8.6 percent, how much will you pay for the two blue baseball caps?

Answer 1

66.25

Explanation:

30.50 times 2 is 61 that’s for two caps

61 times 1.086 (1 is for the amount you are actually going to pay .086 is what percent is because you have to move the decimal over two when you are changing percent to decimal) and that comes out to 66.246. you round the 4 to 5 to get to nearest cent and comes out to be 66.25

Answer 2

Answer: $66.25

Explanation:

Two baseball cap at $30.5 each is $30.5 ×2 = $61

Sales tax at 8.6% = 8.6/ 100= 0.086

Sales tax = 0.086 × 61

= 5.246

Total amount to be paid = $66. 25