Question

Otis bought a flashlight for $8 and a sleeping bag for $55 he sales tax was 7% which means 0.07 times the price find the amount of sales tax Otis paid on his purchases explain two different ways to solve the problem

Answer 1

$4.41

Explanation:

We have been given that Otis bought a flashlight for $8 and a sleeping bag for $55 he sales tax was 7% which means 0.07 times the price.

To find the amount of sales tax, we will add cost of sleeping bag and flashlight and multiply the sum by 0.07.

`\$55+\$8=\$63`

`\text{Amount of sales tax}=\$63* 0.07`

`\text{Amount of sales tax}=\$4.41`

Therefore, Otis paid an amount of $4.41 in sales tax.

The 2nd way is that we can find sales tax of each product separately and then add the amount of sales of two items as:

`\$8* 0.07=\$0.56`

`\$55* 0.07=\$3.85`

`\$0.56+\$3.85=\$4.41`

Therefore, Otis paid an amount of $4.41 in sales tax.