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 to the nearest $100?

Answer 1

To calculate the sales tax, you multiply the price of the snowblower by the sales tax rate.

The formula for sales tax is:

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

In this case, the price is $349.99 and the tax rate is 7.5% (which can be written as 0.075).

Now, calculate the sales tax:

\[ \text{Sales Tax} = 349.99 \times 0.075 = 26.24925 \]

Rounding to the nearest whole dollar, Sally will pay $26 in sales tax.

If you meant to round it to the nearest hundred, it would be $0, because $26 rounded to the nearest hundred is $0.