Question: 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 answer in hundredths

Answer 1

To calculate the sales tax that Sally will have to pay on her snowblower purchase, you can use the following formula:

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

Given:

• Price = $349.99
• Sales Tax Rate = 7.5% = 0.075

Now, plug in the values:

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

\[ \text{Sales Tax} = 26.24925 \]

Now, rounding this amount to the nearest hundredth:

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

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