Tai went to a shopping mall. He spent $25.75 on a chirt, $15.49 on a hat and $9.95 on a poster, before tax. tax was 8.25% on all purchase. What was the total cost of tai's purchases, including tax?

Question

First you add all the prices. But the nwhy do you multiply it by 1.0825?

Answer 1

Once you add all of the items,get the total you multiply by 0.0825 and that figure has to be rounded to the nearest cent
and then you add that figure to the total cost of the items as tax. then you get a total plus tax. Once again attempt and i'll check

Answer 2

You do not multiply by 1.0825.

You multiply by 0.0825.

Reason: because you need to convert the 8.25% to a decimal.

Answer 3

1.0825 is adding the tax to the items and giving you the total in a quicker fashion. 8.25% is the same as .0825. they add the one at the beginning so you don't need to add the 8.25% to the total as an extra step in my earlier response . I hope that makes sense.