if a new car is 29,000 and the sales tax is 6.5%, how much sales tax is being charged?

if a new car is 29,000 and the sales tax is 6.5%, how much sales tax is being charged?

The sales tax is 6.5 percent of 29,000
6.5% is the same as 0.065

So the sales tax would be:
0.065 x 29,000

=$1,885