Question

a group of friends went to lunch the bill sales tax and tip was 48.60 a sales tax of 7% 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(show the steps pls)

Answer 1

2.79 hope this helps you!

Answer 2

Sales tax = $2.79

Explanation:

(18 x 48.6) /100

= 8.748 = $8.75 tip amount total

48.60-8.748 = 39.852 sales total

(39.852 x 7)/100

= 2.78964 = $2.79 sales tax

39.852 - 2.78964 = 37.06236 = $37.06 cost of bill

Sales tax was asked = $2.79