Lexis wants to buy a new snowblower for 315.55. the local sales tax is 6.5%. How much sales tax will she have to pay? Round to the nearest hundredth.
To find the sales tax, we need to multiply the cost of the snowblower by the sales tax rate.
Sales tax = Cost of snowblower * Sales tax rate
Sales tax = 315.55 * 0.065
Sales tax = 20.49875
Rounded to the nearest hundredth, the sales tax Lexis will have to pay is $20.50.