Question

Jay has $8. He wants to buy a book for $7.50. The sails tax is 6%. Does he have enough money?

Answer 1

Yes he does because the final price would be $7.95.

Answer 2

The price of the book after the sales tax would be

7.50 + 7.50 x 0.06

7.50 + 0.45

$7.95

Jay has barely enough to buy the book!