About how much would you pay for a box of markers who price is 5.99 with a sales tax of 9.5????
please show work!! Thansk!
2007-05-28 14:02:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Sales tax is expressed in percentages, so your percentage is 9-1/2%. Expressed in fractions, that is .095. Multiply that times the sales price to get the tax (.095 x 5.99). If you want total sales price with tax, either add the tax back to the 5.99, or multiply the sales prices by 1 plus the tax rate (1.095 x 5.99).
2007-05-28 14:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by Terri J 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just multiply the cost of the markers 5.99 x 1.095. The 1 is for the cost of the markers (after all you still have to pay for them)...1 basically being 100%. The .095 is the way you write 9.5% in decimals.
So 5.99 x 1.095 = 6.56
2007-05-28 21:07:08 · answer #2 · answered by CG 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Proportion: put x over $5.99 (x/5.99) and then next to it put 9.5% over 100 (9.5/100) and then do 5.99 times 9.5 and divide that answer by 100 and get $.57. because x=.57so, you add the 57 cents to the $5.99 and get $6.56
2007-05-28 21:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by Danielle ™ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
5.99 times 1.095 would be your total. If you wanted just the tax, you would multiply by .095
$6.56 or $0.57 tax
2007-05-28 21:11:11 · answer #4 · answered by gordonmorrison 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it say 9.5% to the dollar?
2007-05-28 21:07:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
5.99
*9.5%=.095
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2995
+53910
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56.905= tax
so 5.99+57=6.56
6.56 dollars
2007-05-28 21:10:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋