Set 14 Q 4

[jadugar]

Q4:

1

Of the total amount that Jill spent on a shopping trip, excluding taxes, she spent 50 percent on clothing, 20 percent on food, and 30 percent on other items. If Jill paid a 4 percent tax on the clothing, no tax on the food, and an 8 percent tax on all other items, then the total tax that she paid was what percent of the total amount that she spent, excluding taxes?

A. 2.8%
B. 3.6%
C. 4.4%
D. 5.2%
E. 6.0%

SPOILER: Answer is C.

[singhs04]

Let amount spent be 100 without taxes. So:

Clothes: spent = 50, tax = 2
Food: spent = 20, tax = 0
Others = 30, tax = 2.4

So total tax = 4.4. Amount spent = 100. So 4.4%.

Does it help?

[anandisonline]

Its C 4.4%

[mitzi]

Pick a good number to play with it. For example, it is a percentage question, I can pick 100.

singhs04 did a great job to explain it.

[jadugar]

Thank you everyone. I did it today and I could do.