Question

Max wants to buy a

new DVD player for
$89.75. If sales taxis 8%,
how much will he payin
totalfor the DVD player?
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Answer 1

Max will pay $96.93 in total for the DVD player.

Explanation:

The cost of the new DVD player is $89.75

The sales tax that max wants to pay in order to buy that new DVD player was 8% of the cost of the DVD player.

Now, to find the amount he needs to pay for the sales tax, 8% of the cost of DVD player must be calculated by the percentage formula.

Let us take 'x' as the sales tax amount.

Therefore, the equation is x = 8% of 89.75

⇒
`x = (8/100)* 89.75`

⇒
`x = 0.08 * 89.75`

⇒
`x = 7.18`

The money he needs to pay for sales tax is $7.18

To find the total money Max will pay for the DVD player :

⇒ Total cost = cost of DVD + Sales tax

⇒ 89.75 + 7.18

⇒ 96.93 dollars.

Max will pay $96.93 in total for the DVD player.