A student purchases school supplies at a store where the sale tax is 7%. The pre-tax price of the supplies is $48. What is the total cost of the supplies?

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asked Apr 9, 2019 107k views

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Stela · Answer 1 · 2019-04-14T14:22:15+0000

Solution: We are given:

Sales tax
$=7\%$

The pre-tax price of the supplies
= 48

We have to find the total cost of the supplies.

We first need to find the sales tax on the price of supplies. The sales tax amount is:

$7\% of 48=0.07 * 48=3.36$

Therefore, the total cost of the supplies = pre-tax price of the sales + sales tax amount

=$48 + $3.36

=$51.36