Respuesta :

Answer:

  • $5.60 sales tax
  • $75.60 total cost

Step-by-step explanation:

You have correctly found the sales tax to be ...

  $70.00 × 0.08 = $5.60 . . . sales tax

The total cost of the item is the selling price with the tax added:

  $70.00 +5.60 = $75.60 . . . total cost