Bailey is starving! It’s lunchtime and she wants to order some food and an iced coffee from Starbucks to be delivered through GrubHub. Bailey lives in a city where the total sales tax is 9% if the cost of her food and coffee is $21.25, how much tax will Bailey owe on her order?

Question

A: $1.91
B: $2.13
C: $2.99
D: $1.00

Answer 1

To calculate the sales tax on Bailey's order, you can use the following formula:

Sales Tax = (Total Cost) × (Sales Tax Rate)

In this case, the total cost is $21.25, and the sales tax rate is 9%, which can be expressed as a decimal (0.09).

So the sales tax calculation would be:

Sales Tax = $21.25 × 0.09 = $1.9125

Rounding it to two decimal places, Bailey will owe approximately $1.91 in sales tax.

Thus, the answer is:

A: $1.91