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)

Andresf asked Feb 12, 2023

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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)

Andresf asked Feb 12, 2023

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Explanation:

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$\sf 22.45 × (9.5)/(100)$

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$\sf \bold{22.45} × 0.095$

⇢ 2.13275

⇢2.1 (1 dp)

$\therefore$ Sales tax = $2.1

Sturla Molden answered Feb 18, 2023

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