Julio bought a backpack for $39.95 and

Question

2 belts for $17.99 each. The sales tax is 6.5%. How
much did Julio spend for all the items, including
tax?
A $61.71
B $75.93
C $80.87
D $98.01

When I looked people said: (39 + 2*17) * 1.065 =. It equals 77.745, but that's not an answer choice

Answer 1

Wondering why whoever gave you that answer dropped the cents of the price.
(39.95 + 2(17.99)*(1.065) = ...

I got one of the answers

Answer 2

Yes, I agree with an answer as well.

Answer 3

If I were doing round numbers I would choose
(40+2*18)(1.065) = 80.94 which is a lot better approximation

Answer 4

I bet you still used a calculator to get that 80.94
So it is no longer an "approximation"
Why would a calculator care if you used 39.95 or 40 ?

Answer 5

so its c?