The sales tax in your city point, 4.4% and an item cost $3 before tax. How much tax would you pay on that item?

Round to the nearest hundredth or cent.

the answer i believe is 27 units.

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

this can be solved first with pythagorean theorem, which tells us to square both legs of the triangle and sum it. this will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

the hypotenuse is the side "opposite" the 90 degree angle, which is x.

so we can write using pythagorean theorem,

simplifying:

to further simplify this radical, we need to use the property  

thus