Question

The cheerleaders go out to lunch for an end of year celebration the bill before sales tax and tip was $62.50 a sales tax of 8% was added the group then tipped 18% on the amount after the sales tax was added what was the amount in dollars of the sales tax?

Answer 1

$5 Sales Tax

Explanation:

$62.50 total

8% tax (.08)

18% tip (.18)

62.5 x .08 = 5 Sales Tax

62.5 + 5 = 67.5 Total amount with sales tax

67.5 x .18 = 12.15 Tip Amount

67.5 + 12.15 = 79.65 Overall Bill

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