Question

The price of a computer is $899.00. The sales tax rate is 7%. What is the sales tax on this computer in dollars and cents?

Answer 1

7% = 7 / 100 = 0.07

sales tax = 7% ∙ $899.00 = 0.07 ∙ $899.00 = $62.93

sales tax = 62 dollars and 93 cents