Question

2. SALES TAX Olivia purchases a DVD movie priced

Answer 1

Answer:

$23.42

Step-by-step explanation:

• To find the sales tax, you need to 6.5% of $21.99
• To do this you have to times need to turn 6.5% into a decimal, which is 0.065 (i moved decimal point 2 numbers to the left)
• then you do 0.065 × 21.99 which equals 1.42935
• now you have to add 21.99 with 1.42935 = 23.41935
• because of the context of the question, you need the answer needs to be rounded up to the nearest hundredth.
• making the answer $23.42 total