Question

Shopping: Tax

Answer 1

The tax is normally done to the total so add the prices up  2.50+8.75+3.00+10.25=24.5

percent is 6%

percent means parts out of 100 so

6%=6/100=0.6/10=0.06/1=0.06* 6% of total* 'of'' translates to multiply

24.50 times 0.06=tax=1.47