Marnie Walsh purchased a deluxe dictionary for $38.75 and a full-color atlas for $41.10. The state sales tax is 6%, the city tax is 2.5%, and the county tax is 1%. What is the total purchase price?

Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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Answered on Fri May 27 2022

Given :

Cost of deluxe dictionary = $38.75

Cost of full-color atlas = $41.10

So, total cost = $(38.75 + 41.10)

=$ 79.85

Now, sales tax = 6%

6% of $79.85 = 79.85 × 6/100 = 4.791

City tax = 2.5%

2.5% of 79.85 = 79.85 × 2.5/100 = 1.99625

County tax = 1%

1% of 79.85 = 79.85 × 1/100 = 0.7985

So, total tax = $(4.791 + 1.99625 + 0.7985)

= $7.58575

So, Total cost = $(79.85 + 7.58575)

= $87.43575 or $87.44

Thus, total purchase price is $87.44