Question

Anna went to the mall to buy new clothes. She bought a pair of jeans for $40.50, a blouse for $28.90 and a scarf for $18.45. GST in the amount of 5% was added to her bill. How much tax was added to Anna’s purchase?

Answer 1

AnswEr :

• Pair of Jeans = $40.50
• A Blouse = $28.90
• A Scarf = $18.45

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• S O M E ⠀I N F O R M A T I O N S :

1) To find the GST Addded, First we will Add all the Price to get Original Price, Then multiply it with GST% to Get the GST Amount (Tax Added).

• GST Amount = Original Price × GST%

2) If You want to know calculate the Original Amount, then Simply Add the GST Amount with the Original Price.

• Net Price = Original Price + GST Amount

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• Let's Head to the Question Now :

$\implies \tt Tax \:Added = Original \:Price \times GST\% \\ \\ \implies \tt Tax \:Added =(40.50 + 28.90 + 18.45) \times 5\% \\ \\ \implies \tt Tax \:Added =87.85 \times \dfrac{5}{100} \\ \\\implies \tt Tax \:Added = \dfrac{439.25}{100} \\ \\\implies \boxed{ \orange{\tt Tax \:Added =4.39}}$

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∴ $4.39 Tax added on Anna's Purchase

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Answer 2

Answer:

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$\textbf{\underline{Given\::}}$

• Pair of jeans =$40.50

• A blouse =$ 28.90

• A scarf = $ 18.45

• GST amount = 5%

$\textbf{\underline{To \:Find\::}}$

• How much tax was added to Anna's purchase.

$\textbf{\underline{\underline{Solution\::}}}$

To find the tax amount we need to have total cost price of Anna's purchase.

★Net price = Original price+GST amount.

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Tax added = Original Price × GST%

Tax added =(40.50+28.90+18.45)×5%

Tax added = 87.85 × 5%

Tax added = 87.85 × 5/100

★Tax added = 4.393 ★

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