Question

Charmaine wants to buy a shirt for $15. If the sales tax is 4% of $15,how much will she pay in sales tax?

Answer 1

The sales tax is 60 cents.

Answer 2

the answer i got was 1.2

Answer 3

how did u do the problem

Answer 4

15 times .04 equals .60

Answer 5

sales tax is the percent like 4% equals .04 you multipy 15x.04

Answer 6

On the black market she will probably get it for $10 :-D

Answer 7

thanks

Answer 8

Well, she wants to pay $15 including taxes. So if x is the price without taxes \[x\cdot 1.04 = 15\] and the taxes part is \[15 - x = 15 - \frac{15}{1.04}\]

Answer 9

thanks