David lives in Manhattan, where the combined state/local sales tax is 8.375 percent. David just purchased a digital camera that was priced at $800. Determine the sales tax he paid by calculating 8.375 percent of $800 (multiply by 0.08375). How much sales tax did he pay?

Could I please get a general explanation or direction on how to answer this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

The answer is in the question. It tells you to multiply 800 by 0.08375.

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To calculate the sales tax David paid, you need to multiply the price of the digital camera ($800) by the combined state/local sales tax rate of 8.375 percent (or 0.08375 in decimal form).

To do this, you can use the following formula:

Sales Tax = Price of item × Sales Tax Rate

In this case, the sales tax paid can be calculated as:

Sales Tax = $800 × 0.08375

Now, let's calculate the sales tax for David:

Sales Tax = $800 × 0.08375
= $66.80

Therefore, David paid a sales tax of $66.80 on the digital camera.