Q19. - Algebra 1

Question

Find the total price of a sweatshirt that is priced at $48 and taxed at $6.5\%$.

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

The total price of the sweatshirt is $\$51.12$.

Step 1. Given information.

A sweatshirt’s price is $\$48$ and tax is $6.5\%$.

Step 2. To change the tax into dollar.

A sweatshirt price is $\$48$ and tax is $6.5\%$. So, the tax is

$$\begin{gathered} 6.5\%of48=\frac{6.5}{100}\left(48\right) \\ =\frac{312}{100} \\ =3.12 \end{gathered}$$

Therefore, the tax on the sweatshirt is $\$3.12$.

Step 3. To find the total price of the sweatshirt.

Total price of the sweatshirt is:

 Price of the sweatshirt $+$ Tax amount of the sweatshirt

So, 

$\begin{array}{l}\$48+\$3.12\\ =\$51.12\end{array}$

Hence, the total price of the sweatshirt is $\$51.12$.