Question

Alice Correa bought three yards of cloth to make a dress the cloth was on sale for a dollar 93 per yard how much did Alice pay for the cloth if the sales tax was 5%

Answer 1

To solve for the total amount that Alice paid for the 3 yards cloth, multiply the cost per yard with the additional 5% to number of yards. 5% of 93 is 4.65. The total cost per yard of cloth is 97.65. Multiplying the total cost with 3 will give 292.95. Thus, Alice paid 292.95 dollars in total.