Question

Use proportional relationships to solve the following problem. Riley needs to earn enough money to purchase a new jacket. The one he likes best is $49.99. His state sales tax is 7.25%. How much money does he need to earn? Round to the nearest dollar.(1 point)
Responses

$50

$3.62

$54

$82

Answer 1

choose from the answer choices

Answer 2

Bro just guessed that’s the wrong answer the real answer is $54

Answer 3

To find how much money Riley needs to earn, we need to calculate the total cost of the jacket including sales tax.

The sales tax is 7.25% of the cost of the jacket. We can set up a proportional relationship using this information.

Let's use x to represent the total cost of the jacket, including sales tax.

7.25/100 = x/49.99

Cross multiply and solve for x:

7.25 * 49.99 = 100 * x

362.5775 = 100x

Divide both sides by 100 to isolate x:

x = 362.5775 / 100

x = 3.625775

Rounded to the nearest dollar, Riley needs to earn $4.

Therefore the correct answer is $4.

Answer 4

In that case, the correct answer is:

$3.62