The tax rate at this restaurant is 9.5% cost without sales tax is $24.95.How much will there sales tax be?what is the total cost of entire meal?

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Data:

tax rate: 9.5%

Sales: $24.95

To find the sales tax you calculate the 9.5% of 24.95, as follow:

[tex]24.95\cdot\frac{9.5}{100}=2.37[/tex]Sales tax: $2.37

To find the total cost of the meal you add the cost without sale tax and the sale tax:

[tex]24.95+2.37=27.32[/tex]Total: $27.32