In order to calculate how much sales tax is owed, we just need to multiply the sale tax rate by the subtotal:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{sales tax}=9.53\text{\%}\cdot462.82 \\ =\frac{9.53}{100}\cdot462.82 \\ =0.0953\cdot462.82 \\ =44.11 \end{gathered}[/tex]So the sales tax is $44.11.
