Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #15259: Discount tax and tip word problems -  Discount tax and tip word problems
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-03-02 19:33:53+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: gibbas@ciccaracas.com.ve

Kevin buys a basket of coconuts on sale for $6.00. The sales tax is 18%. What is the total price Kevin pays for the basket of coconuts? (Round to the nearest hundredth or cent.)

[discount_tax_and_tip_word_problems.html?seed=80&problem=tax-total-cost](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/discount_tax_and_tip_word_problems.html?seed=80&problem=tax-total-cost&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/discount_tax_and_tip_word_problems.html?seed=80&problem=tax-total-cost&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%226.48%5C%22%22%2C52%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C2%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%5D)

["6.48"]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0

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