A pair of sneakers costs $57.80. If the sales tax is 5%, how much tax would be paid on this pair of sneakers?

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tkhunny · Answer

It is a multiplication problem.  Multiply.

What does "costs" mean?  Is that the sticker price or the out-the-door price?

anonymous · Answer

$$57.80 * .05$$

paki · Answer

simple... just use this formula.... 

Final price = [ (Tax rate/100) + 1 ] × Original price 
Final price = [ (5/100) +1] * 57.80 ..... .solve now @sione123

anonymous · Answer

so its 289
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paki · Answer

no.... its 60.69$...  @sione123

tkhunny · Answer

The question says "how much tax"  $57.80 * 0.05 = $2.89

The decimal is NOT optional.

anonymous · Answer

or say 2 and 89 hundredths

tkhunny · Answer

Why?  No one refers to dollars in this way.  It is "Two dollars and eighty nine cents."