Question

Very buys a basket of mangoes that is priced $14 before tax. ​ ​The sales tax is 6%. ​ ​What is the total price Avery pays for the basket of mangoes

Answer 1

Answer:

Avery needs to pay $14.84

Step-by-step explanation:

When there's a tax we need to sum the original value of the product with the tax's value. To find the amount of money Avery needs to pay in taxes we can apply a rule of three as shown below:

$\frac{14}{x} = \frac{100}{6} \frac{\%}{\%}$

Where "x" is the tax value, and $14 represents 100%, since it's the value used to calculate the tax. We have:

$x = \frac{14*6}{100}\\x = \frac{84}{100}\\x = 0.84$

The value to be paid is the product value plus the tax, therefore:

$\text{paid} = 14 + 0.84 = 14.84$

Avery needs to pay $14.84