Question

the price for dinner in a resteraunt was $80. The customer paid an addition 7% meals tax and left a $15 tip. how much meals tax did the customer pay?

Answer 1

Multiply the price of the meal by the sales tax. Tips are added in after tax has been applied, so it would not be added in to calculate the tax.

Tax= Meal Cost * Tax %

=$80 * 7%
convert % to decimal (7% ÷ 100)

=80 * 0.07

=$5.60 sales tax paid


ANSWER: $5.60 was the sales tax the customer paid.