You are purchasing a new car. The price you negotiated with a car dealer is $17,944, excluding sales tax. The local tax rate is 9.15%. Use the growth factor to determine the total cost of the car.

Answer 1

17,944(1.0915) = $19,585.8876

round up to get $19,585.89 = after tax price

tax = .0915(17944) = $1,641.876

round up to get

1641.88 + 17,944 = $19,585.88 after tax price