Question

Griselda budgets forty-five dollars per month before sales tax for clothes. How much will she spend on clothes each month if she is charged seven percent sales tax?

forty-one dollars and eighty-five cents
forty-eight dollars and fifteen cents
fifty-two dollars
thirty-one dollars and fifty cents

Answer 1

you can just multiply 45 x .93

Answer 2

oh wow thanks

Answer 3

yw :)

Answer 4

the reason you multiplied by .93, is because taxes are 7%, so the amount that can be spend is the difference from 100% and 7% = 93% which is .93

Answer 5

ohh ok I understand how cause I was wondering how you got .93