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A TV has a listed price of $841.99 before tax. If the sales tax rate is 9.5%, find the total cost of the TV with sales tax included

User Aebmad
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Answer:


9.5 / 100 * 841.99 = 79.99 \\ \\ 841.99 + 79.99 \\ 921.98

User MINJA KIM
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Answer:

$921.98905

Explanation:

To find the sales tax amount we need to find 9.5% of 841.99

for this we can use 2 methods:

Method 1-

P%* X= Y

9.5%*841.99= Y

Convert 9.5% to a decimal by removing the percent sign and dividing by 100: 0.095

Substitute 0.095 for 9.5% in the equation: 9.5% * 841.99 = Y becomes 0.095 * 841.99 = Y

Do the math: 0.095 * 841.99 = 79.98905

OR

method 2-

9*841.99

=7998.905

÷100

=79.98905

Now that we know how much the the amount is all we have to do is add the amount with the original price of the tv

$841.99 + $79.97905= $921.98905

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