Question

Sheena paid $230 plus 6% sales tax for a camera. How much did she pay altogether?

Answer 1

Hint: When the tax rate is given, we will apply the formula $c = p + \left( {p \times t} \right)$. Where c is the total cost of the item, p is the price of the item, and t is the tax rate. Substitute all the given values in the equation to find out the total cost of the item.

Complete step-by-step answer:
In the question, given that Sheena paid $230 plus 6% sales tax.
And we want to find the total cost of the item.
Let us apply the formula to find the total cost.
$c = p + \left( {p \times t} \right)$
Here, the value of p is $230 and the value of t is 6%.
First, let us convert 6% to decimal by removing the percentage sign and divide by 100. That is
$ \Rightarrow 6\% = \dfrac{6}{{100}}$
Now, let us substitute the values of p and t in the formula.
$ \Rightarrow c = 230 + \left( {230 \times \dfrac{6}{{100}}} \right)$
Let us multiply 230 and 6 in the bracket.
$ \Rightarrow c = 230 + \left( {\dfrac{{1380}}{{100}}} \right)$
So, we will get
$ \Rightarrow c = 230 + 13.80$
Let us apply addition on the right-hand side.
$ \Rightarrow c = 243.80$

Hence, the total cost of the camera is $243.80. So, Sheena has to pay $243.80 altogether.

Note:
Net price: the net price is the tag price or list price before any sales taxes are applied.
Sales tax: A sales tax is a consumption tax paid to a government in the sale of certain goods and services. Usually, the vendor collects the sales tax from the consumer as the consumer makes a purchase. In most countries, the sales tax is called value-added tax (VAT), or goods and services tax (GST), which is a different form of consumption tax.
Total price: Total price is the final amount paid including sales tax.