Question

Sally bought two shirts that cost $6.99. the sales tax was 7%. What was the total amount sally paid? Include the dollar sign in your answer. note: think about the place value for cents.

Answer 1

Answer: $14.96

Step-by-step explanation:

First we will calculate how much the 2 shirts cost.

6.99 + 6.99 = $13.98

Now we must calculate the total with sales tax.

When working with sales tax you have to do 2 steps

step 1: calculate how much the sales tax will be:

13.98 x 0.07 = 0.9786

since we are dealing with money, we will round up to 0.98.

step 2: now that we have the sales tax we will add that to our initial total for the answer.

13.98 + 0.98 = $14.96