Question

Suppose a county and a local tax rate of 2% to the CA State tax rate which increases the total tax rate to 6.3% how many sales tax will be charged when buying something that cost $46.83 round your answer to the nearest cent

Answer 1

Step 1:

Total cost = $46.83

Step 2:

Sales tax = 6.3%

`\begin{gathered} \text{Sales tax = 6.3\% of \$46.83} \\ =\text{ }(6.3)/(100)\text{ }*\text{ 46.83} \\ =\text{ }(295.029)/(100) \\ =\text{ 2.95029} \\ =\text{ \$3} \end{gathered}`

Final answer

Sales tax charge = $3