help math question?

Question

you see a pair of shorts for $34.50 and a pair of shoes for $24.99 the sale tax is 7% you have $70. Do you have to buy these item? How much do yuo have left over or short.don't tell me the answer just show me the way to get the answer

Answer 1

$34.50
$24.99
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$59.49
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7% of $59.49 = $0.5949 x 7 = $4.16
$59.49 + $4.16 = $63.65
You have enough money.
Change is $70 - $63.65 (will not work this out at your request)

Answer 2

OK this is what you'll need to do.

- First, add the prices of the two items to get the total cost of the two items together.
- Next, you need to account for the sales tax. To turn a percentage into a decimal you can work with, move the decimal point to the left 2 places. So, in this case, 7.0% becomes 0.07. So, multiply the cost you found in the first step by 0.07, and this is your sales tax.
- Now, add the cost from the first step to the sales tax you found in the second step, and this will be the total money that you need.
- If it's greater than $70, you'll be able to buy the item. To find how much you left over, just subtract the final cost from the %70 you have. However, if the total cost is more than $70, you won't have enough money, and you can subtract $70 from the total cost to see how much more money you will need.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

Answer 3

the prices is before tax

if before tax add the amount together + 7% if the answer is more then $70 then you will be short of else you would have change.

Answer 4

items cost = 59.49. Tax = 7% of this or .07 x 59.49 = 4.16, so total cost = $63.65. From $70, you'd have $6.35 remaining.

Answer 5

you add together the net prices

you calculate the tax

add the tax to the net price

substract the gross price out of 70 and there you are