Question

Pittsburgh charges a 6% sales tax. Paula goes shopping and her purchases total $158. How much will she pay in taxes?

Answer 1

is 135.68 a choice?

Answer 2

No

Answer 3

wait read wrong

Answer 4

167.48?

Answer 5

@poopsiedoodle

Answer 6

No

Answer 7

$8.34

$9.58

$9.48

$9.68

Answer 8

Taxes are a percentage of the price right? Can we express that as a fraction?

\[\frac{ taxes }{ Price }\]

Answer 9

If so then we know that
\[\frac{ Taxes }{ Price }=6 percent= .06\]

Answer 10

which means
Taxes = Price x .06 which equals?

Answer 11

mattfort3212 had figured out the tax correctly, but then added it to the price to figure out the total cost including tax.

Answer 12

$9.48

Answer 13

That's the answer ^

Answer 14

Wonderful. Good job :D