Solve Percent Problems with Proportions Practice
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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 your answer to the nearest hundredth.
To find the amount of sales tax Sally will have to pay, we need to calculate 7.5% of the total cost of the snowblower.
Step 1: Convert the sales tax rate to a decimal by dividing it by 100:
7.5% = 7.5/100 = 0.075
Step 2: Multiply the total cost of the snowblower by the sales tax rate:
349.99 * 0.075 = 26.24925
Step 3: Round the result to the nearest hundredth:
Sales tax = $26.25
Therefore, Sally will have to pay $26.25 in sales tax.