Question

The local sales tax is 3.5%. If you buy a video game console at a price of $100, what total should you expect to pay?

$135.00
$103.50
$100.35
$450.00

Answer 1

Explanation:

The price of the console alone is $100.

The 3.5% local sales tax on that is 0.035($100) = $3.50.

Thus, the final price is the sum of these two: $100 + $3.50 = $103.50

An alternative way in which to calculus this final price follows:

1.00($100) + 0.035($100) = $103.50