SOLUTION: The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a traveler spends the night in a motel room that costs $55 before taxes, how much will the city receive

Question 126965: The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a traveler spends the night in a motel room that costs $55 before taxes, how much will the city receive in taxes from him?
I got 16.5 but that was not the right answer.
Answer by ljtrimble(2) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.65 is the answer
you do 55x3% on a calculator then you get 1.65- you probably put the decimal point in the wrong spot
hope this helps

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