Katrina goes to Road Runner after school and purchases a soda for 1.50, chips for 3.50 and a candy bat for 0.50 An additional 8% sales tax is added to the bill how much does she pay in tax and what is the total cost

Answer:Sale tax paid by Katrina is 0.44 units of currency and total amount paid is 5.94 unit of currency. Solution:Given that Katrina goes to road runner after school and purchase following three products A soda for 1.50  Chips for 3.50 Candy for 0.50 Also she pays 8% sales tax. Need to determine amount paid in sales tax and total amount paid by Katrina. lets first calculate amount she paid without taxes.  Total paid amount without taxes = 1.50 + 3.50 + 0.50 = 5.50 As she paid 8% sale tax , that is 8 % of 5.50 so sale tax paid = [tex]\frac{8}{100} \times 5.50 = 0.44[/tex] Total amount paid = Total amount paid without taxes + tax paid = 5.50 + 0.44 = 5.94 Hence sale tax paid by Katrina is 0.44 units of currency and total amount paid is 5.94 unit of currency.