Question

A student purchases school supplies at a store where the sale tax is 7%. The pre-tax price of the supplies is $48. What is the total cost of the supplies?

Answer 1

Solution: We are given:

Sales tax $=7\%$

The pre-tax price of the supplies $= 48$

We have to find the total cost of the supplies.

We first need to find the sales tax on the price of supplies. The sales tax amount is:

$7\% of 48=0.07 \times 48=3.36$

Therefore, the total cost of the supplies = pre-tax price of the sales + sales tax amount

                                                                  =$48 + $3.36

                                                                  =$51.36