Answer
(a) $tax = \$1968$
(b) The car's total cost is $\$34,768$
Work Step by Step
(a) To express a percent as a decimal, we can move the decimal point two places to the left.
$tax~rate = 6\% = 0.06$
We can calculate the tax.
$tax = (0.06)(\$32,800)$
$tax = \$1968$
(b) We can calculate the total cost.
$cost = \$32,800 + \$1968$
$cost = \$34,768$
The car's total cost is $\$34,768$
