Question

PLESE HELP! Often when you buy something, you pay a percent of the price as a tax.

Suppose you pay a 7% tax on an item. What percent of the price of the item
will you pay?

Answer 1

7% or 0.07

Explanation:

Answer 2

You will pay 107% of the items price. Without tax, you would pay full price, or 100%. Because there is a 7% tax, though, you simply add that percent to 100.