Alice Correa bought three yards of cloth to make a dress. The cloth was on sale for $1.93 per yard. How much did Alice pay for the cloth if the sales tax was 5 percent?
1.05(3 * 1.93) = ?
To find out how much Alice paid for the cloth, we need to calculate the total cost including sales tax.
First, let's calculate the cost of the cloth without sales tax. Alice bought three yards of cloth at $1.93 per yard, so the cost of the cloth without sales tax would be 3 * $1.93 = $5.79.
Next, let's find the amount of sales tax. The sales tax is 5 percent, so we need to calculate 5% of $5.79. To find the amount of sales tax, we multiply $5.79 by 0.05 (or simply divide it by 100 and then multiply it by 5 to find the percentage).
$5.79 * 0.05 = $0.2895
Now, let's add the sales tax to the cost of the cloth without sales tax.
$5.79 + $0.2895 = $6.0795
Since we typically round to the nearest cent when dealing with money, the final cost would be rounded to $6.08.
Therefore, Alice paid a total of $6.08 for the cloth, including sales tax.