We can write the first part of this problem as: What is 6.5% of $29,990.
"Percent" or "%" means "per 100" or "out of 100". Therefore
6.5 hope this helps (:
%
can be written as
6.5
100
.
When dealing with percentages the word "of" means the product of or to multiply.
Let's call the sales tax amount we are looking for
s
.
We can now write the problem as:
s
=
6.5
100
×
$
29990
s
=
$
194935
100
s
=
$
1949.35
The sales tax on the car is: $1,949.35.
The total price of the car is then:
$
29
,
990.00
+
$
1
,
949.35
=
