1. Your state charges 5% sales tax on nonfood items. You're buying a light bulb for $3.00, cereal for $2.50, and an orange for $.50. What will be the grand total of your bill?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given:
Your state charges 5% sales tax on non-food items. You're buying a light bulb for $3.00, cereal for $2.50, and an orange for $.50.
Determine the total of your bill.
Solution:
Since the tax charge is 5% on non-food items, then we need to take 5% of the lightbulb. To do so we must first convert the percentage into decimal. In converting a percentage into decimal, divide the percentage by 100, hence in converting a decimal to percentage, multiply the percentage by 100.
= 5/100
= 0.05
Multiply 0.05 to 3 then add the product to 3.
= (0.05)($3)
=0.15
= $3.15
Add all the prices together.
= $3.15 + $2.50 + $.50
= $6.15
Final answer:
= $6.15