A new cell phone cost $80.99 in the store what would your total cost be is the sales tax was 6.5%

To calculate the total cost with sales tax, you would first need to calculate the amount of sales tax on the $80.99 cost of the phone.

Sales tax = 6.5% of $80.99
Sales tax = 0.065 x 80.99
Sales tax = $5.27

Then, you would add the sales tax amount to the original cost of the phone to get the total cost:

Total cost = $80.99 + $5.27
Total cost = $86.26

Therefore, your total cost for the new cell phone with 6.5% sales tax would be $86.26.