Question

One more math question for the night. please show work :0

" At sams soup shop, the price of a bowl of chicken noodle soup costs $12.49 if there was 12% tax on top of the cost of the soup, how much would one bowl of soup cost? "

Answer 1

well first you need to set up a proportion....

.12 x
---- = ----
100 12.49

149.88 divided by 100x
you should get 1.4988 which is 1.50
that is the tax.
now add 1.50 and 12.49 to get 13.99 as the total

Answer 2

So start with $12.49 as the cost of the soup. Simply, as found in a calculator or by taking 12.49x.12, you can find the cost of the tax itself. With this, you get 1.4988 which rounds to $1.50 in U.S. currency. Add $12.49 + $1.50 and the answer is: $13.99