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2. SALES TAX Olivia purchases a DVD movie priced
at $21.99. The sales tax is 6.5%. What is the total
price of the movie, including tax?

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Casey82680

Answer:

$23.42

Step-by-step explanation:

  • To find the sales tax, you need to 6.5% of $21.99
  • To do this you have to times need to turn 6.5% into a decimal, which is 0.065 (i moved decimal point 2 numbers to the left)
  • then you do 0.065 × 21.99 which equals 1.42935
  • now you have to add 21.99 with 1.42935 = 23.41935
  • because of the context of the question, you need the answer needs to be rounded up to the nearest hundredth.
  • making the answer $23.42 total