Filippo Brunelleschi purchased school supplies at Office Emporium for $97.62. He then purchased a dictionary for $22.95 and a CD for $14.78 at Books Express. For all purchases he must pay the state sales tax of 6.5% and the county tax of 0.5%. What is the total tax on his purchases? A) $7.49
B) $8.47
C) $9.47
D) $9.89

C

Step-by-step explanation:

97.62+22.95+14.78=135.35

135.35*.07

9.4745

Rounded to 9.47

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b