Question

Mr. Cooper ordered a swimming pool for his whole family to enjoy from Walmart. The pool cost $40, and shipping was $10.50. What would the total cost be if you applied your 7% state sales tax before the cost of shipping.

Answer 1

$53.30

Explanation:

Hi! First you would find the sales tax. I don't follow the formula so what I did was I divided 40 by 100 (to find out what 1% is), then multiplied by 107 to find what the cost + tax is. Finally, I added $10.50, which gave me the total of $53.50. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

$53.3

Explanation:

40 + 10.5 + (7% of 40)

50.5 + (7/100 × 40)

50.5 + 2.8

53.3