Question

Sales Tax: Suppose the sales tax rate in a certain state is 5% of the purchase price. If a new food processor sells for $600, how much is the sales tax?The sales tax is $.

Answer 1

$30

Step-by-step explanation:
`\begin{gathered} \text{sales tax = 5\% of purchase price of an item} \\ \text{purchase price of processor = \$600} \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} \text{Sales tax = purchase price }*\text{ sales tax in \%} \\ \text{Sales tax = 600 }*\text{ 5\%} \\ \text{Sales tax = 600 }*\text{ 0.05} \\ \text{Sales tax = \$30} \end{gathered}`

Sales tax of the food processor is $30