Question

Ray is going to purchase a computer for $1,500. if the sales tax is at 7%, how much will he pay total

Answer 1

The tax is 7% of the price of the computer, so we must do $(0.07)(1500) = 105$. Next, we add this (tax) to the original price of the computer (1500) to get $1500 + 105 = 1605$. Ray is going to pay $1,605 in total. 

Answer 2

So basically multiply 1500 by 1.07 to get the total price

1500×1.07= $1605