I need help figuring out these two math word porblem:

1) A sales tax of 6% of the cost of a car was added to the purchase price of $29,500.
a. how much was the sales tax?
b. What is the total cost of the car, including sales tax?

2) During the packaging process for oranges, spoiled oranges are described by an inspector. In one day an inspector found that 4.8% of the 20,000 pounds of oranges inspected were spoiled.

a. How many pounds of oranges were spoiled?

b. How many pounds of oranges were not spoiled?

Can you please show the steps to these two problems on how you got the answer?

1) A sales tax of 6% of the cost of a car was added to the purchase price of $29,500.

a. how much was the sales tax? multiply 29500 x 0.06
b. What is the total cost of the car, including sales tax? add 29500 + the answer to 1a above

2) During the packaging process for oranges, spoiled oranges are described by an inspector. In one day an inspector found that 4.8% of the 20,000 pounds of oranges inspected were spoiled.
a. How many pounds of oranges were spoiled? multiply 20000 x 0.048
b. How many pounds of oranges were not spoiled? subtract the answer you got for 2a above from 20000

Remember some things:

1. A percent is expressed as a decimal by moving the decimal point two places to the left. Examples:
5.5% - 0.055
8% = 0.08
25% = .25

2. The word "of" in a problem generally indicates that multiplication needs to take place.

Sure! I'd be happy to help you figure out these math word problems. Let's solve them step by step, starting with the first problem:

1) A sales tax of 6% of the cost of a car was added to the purchase price of $29,500.
a. To find out how much the sales tax is, we need to calculate 6% of $29,500.
To do this, we can multiply 29,500 by 0.06.

Sales Tax = $29,500 * 0.06

= $1,770

So, the sales tax is $1,770.

b. To find the total cost of the car, including sales tax, we need to add the sales tax to the purchase price of the car.

Total Cost of the Car = Purchase Price + Sales Tax

= $29,500 + $1,770

= $31,270

So, the total cost of the car, including sales tax, is $31,270.

Now let's move on to the second problem:

2) During the packaging process for oranges, a spoiled inspector found that 4.8% of the 20,000 pounds of oranges inspected were spoiled.
a. To find out how many pounds of oranges were spoiled, we can calculate 4.8% of 20,000.
To do this, we can multiply 20,000 by 0.048.

Pounds of Oranges Spoiled = 20,000 * 0.048

= 960

So, 960 pounds of oranges were spoiled.

b. To find out how many pounds of oranges were not spoiled, we need to subtract the spoiled oranges from the total weight of oranges inspected.

Pounds of Oranges Not Spoiled = Total Weight - Pounds of Oranges Spoiled

= 20,000 - 960

= 19,040

So, 19,040 pounds of oranges were not spoiled.

That's it! I hope this explanation helps you understand how to solve these math word problems.