Question

Gabriela buys a basket of coconuts on sale for $22 before tax. The sales tax is 12% What is the total price Gabriela pays for the basket of coconuts?

Answer 1

First you need to make a multiplier:
1-(12/100) = 0.78

Then you multiply the price by 1.12 to get the final answer;
22 * 0.78 = 17.16

This means it cost $17.16 after the 12% sales tax.

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