Question

the price of a new keyboard is $14 before tax the sales tax is 5% what is the price of the keyboard include sales tax

Answer 1

the sales tax = 70 cents (0.7 dollars)

`14 * (5)/(100) = 0.7`

the total price including tax = 14 + 0.7 = 14.7 dollars

Explanation:

the sales tax is the product of the price and the tax rate.

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