Question

A skier needs to buy new ski poles during a ski trip to utah . The price of the poles is $24 and the sales tax is 4.7%. What is the total cost of the poles, rounded to the nearest cent?

Answer 1

$total\ cost=\ price\ of\ poles+sales\ tax\\\\ total\ cost=24+4.7\%*24=24+0.047*24=24+1,128\\\\=25.128\approx25.13\ \\\\ Total\ cost\ is\25 .13\ .$