A music store charges $18.50 for a CD plus a 0.5% city tax and a separate 4% state tax.

Question

a. How much will you pay for the CD? Round to the nearest cent.
b. How many more tax dollars does the state get than the city? Round to the nearest cent.

Confused!

Answer 1

0.5% = 0.5 / 100 = 0.005

4% = 4 / 100 = 0.04

0.5% city tax = 0.005 ∙ $18.5 = $0.0925

4% state tax = 0.04 ∙ $18.5 = $0.74

a.

Price = charges + city tax + state tax =

$18.5 + $0.0925 + $0.74 = $19.3325

$19.33
rounded to the nearest cent

b.

$0.74 - $0.0925 = $0.6475

$0.65
rounded to the nearest cent