What is the total cost of a sweatshirt if the regular price is $42 and the sales tax is 5 1/2%

The total is 44.31, this is how you solve it

Step 1: Convert the sales tax rate to decimal:
5 1/2% = 0.055

Step 2: Find the subtotal of the taxable goods and services:
Subtotal = $42

Step 3: Multiply the decimal from Step 1 by the subtotal from Step 2:
Sales Tax = 0.055 x 42
                 = 2.31

Step 4: Round the answer to the nearest cent ( nearest hundredth )
= 2.31 = 2.31

Step 5: Add the sales tax to the total:
subtotal = 42 + 2.31 = 44.31

This is how you solve this problem

Hope I helped : )