A resort hotel charges an 11 resort tax along with the 6 sal

A resort hotel charges an 11% resort tax along with the 6% sales tax. If the hotel\'s one-night accommodation is $225.00, what will a tourist pay for 4 nights, including tax? For Exercises 75-78, solve the problems involving commission. At a recent auction, Boy with a Pipe, an early work by Pablo Picasso, sold for $104 million. The commission for the sale of the work was $11 million. What was the rate of commission? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. (Source: The New York Times) Andre earns a commission of 4% on sales of restaurant supplies. If he sells $4075 in one week, how much commission will he earn?

Solution

74) Total of sales tax and resort tax = 11+6 = 17%

Hence tax on 225 x4 = 900*17% = 153

Total amount to be paid = 900+153 = 1053 dollars

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75) For sale of 104 million sales tax = 11 million

Hence percent = 11/104% = 10.57692%

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76) Commission earned = 4% of 4075

= 163 dollars