A TV has a listed price of $651.98 before tax. If the sales tax rate is 8.25% , find the total cost of the TV with sales tax included. Round your answer to the nearest cent, as necessary.

Answer 1

First, 8.25% can be written in decimal form as 0.0825.

Then to determine the amount of tax due, multiply the list price by the tax percentage (in decimal form):

$651.98 • 0.0825 = $53.79

The amount of tax would be $53.79

The total cost is the list price plus the amount of the tax:

$651.98 + 53.79 = $705.77