Sally wants to purchase a new snowblower for $349.99. The local sales tax is 7.5%. How much sales tax will she have to pay? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.(1 point)

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Answer 1

To calculate the sales tax, you can use the following formula:

\[ \text{Sales Tax} = \text{Price} \times \text{Sales Tax Rate} \]

In this case, the price of the snowblower is $349.99, and the sales tax rate is 7.5% (or 0.075 in decimal form).

Now, plug in the values:

\[ \text{Sales Tax} = 349.99 \times 0.075 \]

Calculating that gives:

\[ \text{Sales Tax} = 26.2475 \]

Rounding to the nearest hundredth, the sales tax Sally will have to pay is:

\[ \text{Sales Tax} \approx 26.25 \]

So, Sally will have to pay $26.25 in sales tax.