Question

The Long family spent $38.62 for school supplies and $215.78 for new school clothes. They paid 2007-03-04-00-00_files/i0110000.jpg% sales tax on their purchases. If the Long family paid $269.07 total, determine if they paid the correct amount.
a.
The Long family paid $2.63 too little for their purchases.
b.
The Long family paid the correct amount for their purchases.
c.
The Long family paid $1.61 too much for their purchases.
d.
The Long family paid $2.63 too much for their purchase

Answer 1

I can’t determine that because the sales-tax percent in the problem is missing (it looks like an image link instead of a number). Please tell me the sales-tax rate (the percent shown in the image), or upload the image, and I’ll finish the calculation.