SOLUTION: Bought a swim suit for $22. Sales tax was 5.5%. What was the total amount she paid

SOLUTION: Bought a swim suit for $22. Sales tax was 5.5%. What was the total amount she paid

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Question 459248: Bought a swim suit for $22. Sales tax was 5.5%. What was the total amount she paid
Answer by algebrahouse.com(1659) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
swimsuit = $22
tax = 5.5% = .055 {change a percent to a decimal by moving decimal point left two}

22 x .055 {to find amount of tax, multiply cost by percent as a decimal}
= $1.21 in tax

22 + 1.21 {to find total cost, add tax on to sticker price}
= $23.21 total cost
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