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irinina [24]
3 years ago
9

The sales tax rate for a local county is 8.5%. If an item costs $194 (before tax), how much sales tax will be due? Round answer

to the nearest penny
Mathematics
1 answer:
icang [17]3 years ago
6 0

\bf \begin{array}{|c|ll} \cline{1-1} \textit{a\% of b}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{a}{100} \right)\cdot b \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{8.5\% of 194}}{\left( \cfrac{8.5}{100} \right)194}\implies 16.49

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