Question

An electronics store has portable CD players on sale for $54.95.If the local sales tax is 6.5%, what is the total cost of a CD player?

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} \text{ if the sales tax is 6.5\%, then we have to add to \$54.95 the 6.5\% of \$54.95!} \\ 54.95+(54.95\cdot0.065)=54.95+3.57175 \\ \\ =58.52175 \end{gathered}`

The total cost of a CD player is $58.52