John is calculating 6% tax on an item in a store. he means to multiply the price of the item by 0.06, but he accidentally divides by 0.06. his answer is

His answer will have a very large value.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lets take an example:

Let the item price be = $50

John is calculating 6% tax on an item. This becomes:

dollars

But he accidentally divides by 0.06. This becomes: dollars

We can see that the answer is completely wrong and the value is very large.