$10, 5% sales tax - what is it?

[Ruby]

a. $0.50
b. $9.50
c. $10.50
d. $15.00 (This is not the answer, this was a test question and I got it wrong.)

HELP!!

Due tomorrow gonna die if not done. All help appreciated,

-Ruby

[A+guy]

This is realley simple. Dollars are in hundredths so a !5% sales tax is 5 cents a dollar. So five times ten is fifty. The answer is A. $0.50
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A+ guy

[frnchfries2000]

The tax is 0.50

You would pay $10.50 for the item - 10 for the item plus 0.50 for the tax, but the tax itself is 0.50

[andrea3967]

Take and multiply it by .05

[frnchfries2000]

The tax is 0.50

You would pay $10.50 for the item - 10 for the item plus 0.50 for the tax, but the tax itself is 0.50

[TiffanyH]

you will add 5% of the total to the original amount --

.05 x 10 = .50
added to 10 = 10.50

[Steevs]

An easier way to get the answer for a percentage problem such as this (i.e. sales tax, 15% tip at restaurant, etc) is to take the total and multiply it by 1.(percentage).

So for your problem, $10 X 1.05 = $10.50
Or, if you're at a restaurant and your dinner total was $26.46 to find out the total payment (dinner cost, plus tip), you'd do $26.46 X 1.15 = $30.43

This is an easier way to find the TOTAL, not just the tax that would be added.

[pearl_hoff]

10.50