Question

You bought lunch for you and your friend. Lunch came to $22.45 and the sales tax

rate was 9.5%. What is the sales tax amount? (Show your work)

Answer 1

Explanation:

⇢
`\sf 22.45 × (9.5)/(100)`

⇢
`\sf \bold{22.45} × 0.095`

⇢ 2.13275

⇢2.1 (1 dp)

`\therefore` Sales tax = $2.1