Question

For dinner, Angelita chooses the Italian salad that costs $3.99 before tax, and Franco chooses the fettuccine Alfredo that costs $7.17 before tax. If the sales tax is 5 percent, explain how to find the total cost for their dinner.

Answer 1

$11.51

Step-by-step explanation: The reason it would be $11.51 is because when you add the 3 dollars and 99 cents along with the 7 dollars and 17 cents, you come up with $11.16 but since the tax is 5% it adds 0.35 cents more, which ends the total cost with $11.51

Answer 2

Actually the answer is $11.72