{"id":227986,"date":"2025-06-06T16:38:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=227986"},"modified":"2025-06-06T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:38:51","slug":"find-the-total-cost-to-the-nearest-cent-18-breakfast-7-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/06\/find-the-total-cost-to-the-nearest-cent-18-breakfast-7-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Find the total cost to the nearest cent. $18 breakfast; 7% tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Find the total cost to the nearest cent. $18 breakfast; 7% tax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 <strong>Total Cost (Including 7% Tax):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>$19.26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\uddee <strong>Step-by-Step Calculation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cost of breakfast (before tax):<\/strong><br>$18.00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sales Tax Rate:<\/strong><br>7% (which is 0.07 in decimal form)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Calculate the tax:<\/strong> 18.00\u00d70.07=1.2618.00 \\times 0.07 = 1.2618.00\u00d70.07=1.26<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add the tax to the original price:<\/strong> 18.00+1.26=19.2618.00 + 1.26 = 19.2618.00+1.26=19.26<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u270d\ufe0f <strong>Explanation):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When you&#8217;re buying something like a meal at a restaurant, the price you see on the menu typically doesn\u2019t include sales tax. In this case, the breakfast costs <strong>$18.00<\/strong>, but you must also pay <strong>sales tax<\/strong>, which in this example is <strong>7%<\/strong>. To find out the total amount you will be charged, you must calculate how much 7% of $18 is, and then add it to the original price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To calculate 7% of $18, you convert the percentage into a decimal. This means dividing 7 by 100, which gives <strong>0.07<\/strong>. Then you multiply this by the original price:18.00\u00d70.07=1.2618.00 \\times 0.07 = 1.2618.00\u00d70.07=1.26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the tax comes out to <strong>$1.26<\/strong>. This amount is then added to the base price of the breakfast to get the <strong>total cost<\/strong>:18.00+1.26=19.2618.00 + 1.26 = 19.2618.00+1.26=19.26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the <strong>total amount<\/strong> the customer pays is <strong>$19.26<\/strong>, rounded to the nearest cent. This is the final amount that would appear on your receipt or credit card charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding how to calculate sales tax is essential for real-world money management. Whether you\u2019re budgeting for a meal, shopping, or traveling, knowing how tax is added to your purchase helps you avoid surprises. Always remember to <strong>add the percentage as a decimal<\/strong>, multiply it by the cost, and then add the result to the original amount to get the final total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Answer:<\/strong><br><strong>$19.26<\/strong> \u2705<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner4-561.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227987\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find the total cost to the nearest cent. $18 breakfast; 7% tax The Correct Answer and Explanation is: \u2705 Total Cost (Including 7% Tax): $19.26 \ud83e\uddee Step-by-Step Calculation: \u270d\ufe0f Explanation): When you&#8217;re buying something like a meal at a restaurant, the price you see on the menu typically doesn\u2019t include sales tax. In this case, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}