Christa went shopping for back-to-school clothes. Before the tax was added on, her total was $176. If the sales tax is 6%, what was the total amount she paid?
A) $10.56
B) $105.60
C) $126.56
D) $186.56

Question

Christa went shopping for back-to-school clothes. Before the tax was added on, her total was $176. If the sales tax is 6%, what was the total amount she paid?
A)	$10.56	
B)	$105.60	
C)	$126.56	
D)	$186.56

kdr1308 · Answer

First, can you find the tax for me?

anonymous · Answer

How do you change 6 percent to a decimal?

kdr1308 · Answer

0.06

anonymous · Answer

Do you know how to find a percentage of a number 123?

misssmartiez · Answer

We did this.

Turn 6% into a decimal, (6 / 100), which is 0.06, then _ that to 176. Find the process.

kdr1308 · Answer

To find the tax you multiply the 176 by 0.06 to get the tax... then add it to the price to the price before sales tax to get your total cost 
x = tax 
c = total cost 
176 x 0.06 = x --> x + 176 = c

misssmartiez · Answer

So, it would be

176 + 10.56 = 186.56

Though, the real total of 176 x 0.06 is 10.74, so, how would that be accurate?

misssmartiez · Answer

Oh I see what I did.

kdr1308 · Answer

I just read what i wrote.. i messed up I didn't mean to repeat "to the price"

misssmartiez · Answer

It is 

0.06 x 176 = 10.56, though,

misssmartiez · Answer

I had my item on 'sin' or something which given me 10.74, so that's why it took me long to figure out what you were doing. So I just written it out.


Usually, to figure it out we construct the percent into the decimal then multiply to the given item.