Question

A new pair of shoes is advertised for $110. The sales tax is 7.5%. What is the total cost of the shoes?

Answer 1

118.25

Explanation

If the tax is in percent, divide the tax rate by 100. You do this by moving the decimal point two spaces to the left. In this, there's 7.5/100 = 0.0

Find the tax value by multiplying tax rate by the item value:

tax = 110 × 0.075

tax = 8.25