Question

3) A refrigerator is priced at $625.50. There is a6% sales tax rate. What is the sales tax for therefrigerator in dollars and cents?

Answer 1

To get the sales tax value we can apply 6% to the value of the refrigerator.

To do that, we can simply multiply the value for the percentage in the decimal form:

`6\%=0.06`

So, we have:

`625.50\cdot0.06=37.53`

So, the sales tax for this is $37.53.