Use proportional relationships to solve the following problem. Riley needs to earn enough money to purchase a new jacket. The one he likes best is $49.99. His state sales tax is 7.25%. How much money does he need to earn? Round to the nearest dollar. (1 point)

Answer 1

To calculate the amount of money Riley needs to earn, we need to find the total cost of the jacket including the sales tax.

First, we need to calculate the amount of sales tax on the jacket. We can do this by multiplying the jacket price by the sales tax rate: $49.99 * 0.0725 = $3.62.

Next, we add the sales tax to the jacket price: $49.99 + $3.62 = $53.61.

Therefore, Riley needs to earn $53.61 to purchase the jacket.