Question

Now you need to find how much tax you will pay for your items. Use your total cost $21.52 from the previous question and find the amount of tax you will pay if the tax rate is 6%. (Hint: remember to change the percent to a decimal). Round to the nearest cent. (1 point)
Responses

$129.12
$129.12

$12.91
$12.91

$1.29
$1.29

$0.13

Answer 1

are you sure

Answer 2

To find the amount of tax, we need to multiply the total cost by the tax rate as a decimal.

Tax rate as a decimal = 6% / 100% = 0.06

Tax = Total cost * Tax rate = $21.52 * 0.06 = $1.29

Therefore, the amount of tax you will pay is $1.29.