Word Problems involving

Sales Tax, Rate of Sales Tax

and Selling Price
PROBLEM:

Jetli needs to buy a book.

He has P150 for a book. Is
the money of Jetli enough to
buy the book which costs
P140.00 plus a sales tax of
6%?
His younger sister gives
him P45 to buy a pencil case
with a selling price of P30.
1. A sofa set marked P27 000. A
tax of 5% is added. What is the
total cost of the sofa set.
2. An LCD flat screen colored TV
costs P35 000 plus 4% sales tax. If
Henry has P38 000 can he afford
to buy the television? How do you
know?
a. How much is the sales tax?
b. How much is the total cost?