Shopping: Tax Situation:
You are purchasing four items and want to calculate the tax. The items cost $2.50, $8.75, $3.00, and $10.25. The tax rate is 6%. How much is the tax?
Please Calculate with distribution and without. Thank you! I am really confused!
For distribution, multiply each purchase by 1.06 and then add up all purchases with tax;
Then add the four purchases and add the tax on to the total.
To calculate the tax on your purchase, you'll need to multiply the total cost of the items by the tax rate. Let's break it down step by step:
Step 1: Calculate the total cost of the items
To find the total cost of the items, you simply add up their prices. In this case, the prices are $2.50, $8.75, $3.00, and $10.25.
Total cost = $2.50 + $8.75 + $3.00 + $10.25
Step 2: Calculate the tax amount with distribution
To calculate the tax amount with distribution, you'll need to multiply the total cost by the tax rate as a decimal. The tax rate is 6%, which can be written as 0.06 in decimal form.
Tax amount with distribution = Total cost x Tax rate
Tax amount with distribution = (Total cost) x (0.06)
Step 3: Calculate the tax amount without distribution
To calculate the tax amount without distribution, you'll multiply each item's price by the tax rate and then add up these amounts.
Tax amount without distribution = (Price of item 1 x Tax rate) + (Price of item 2 x Tax rate) + (Price of item 3 x Tax rate) + (Price of item 4 x Tax rate)
Tax amount without distribution = ($2.50 x 0.06) + ($8.75 x 0.06) + ($3.00 x 0.06) + ($10.25 x 0.06)
Now, let's calculate the tax amount using both methods:
Using distribution:
Total cost = $2.50 + $8.75 + $3.00 + $10.25 = $24.50
Tax amount with distribution = $24.50 x 0.06 = $1.47
Without distribution:
Tax amount without distribution = ($2.50 x 0.06) + ($8.75 x 0.06) + ($3.00 x 0.06) + ($10.25 x 0.06) = $1.47
Therefore, the tax amount for your purchase is $1.47, both with and without distribution.