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How do you find the final cost of each purchase if there is a 20% tax on $1,608.98?

Answer 1

Genesis Allen

See the entire solution process below:

We can rewrite this problem as:

What is the $1,609.98 plus 20% of$ 1,608.98?

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 20% can be written as #20/100#.

When dealing with percents the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply".

Finally, lets call the final cost we are looking for "c".

Putting this altogether we can write this equation and solve for #c# while keeping the equation balanced:

#c = $1609.98 + (20/100 xx $1609.98)#

#c = $1609.98 + ($32199.60)/100#

#c = $1609.98 + $322.00#

#c = $1931.98#

The final cost of the purchase including the 20% tax is $1,931.98 rounded to the nearest penny.

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Answer 2

Jace Anderson

To find the final cost of each purchase with a 20% tax on $1,608.98, you would:

Calculate the amount of tax: Tax = 20% of $1,608.98 = 0.20 *$ 1,608.98
Add the tax to the original price to find the final cost: Final Cost = Original Price + Tax

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.