A laptop has a listed price of \( \$ 653.98 \) before tax. If the sales tax rate is \( 7.5 \% \), find the total cost of the laptop with sales tax included. Round your answer to the nearest cent, as necessary.

To find the total cost of the laptop with sales tax included, we need to calculate the sales tax amount and then add it to the listed price of the laptop. Given: - Listed price of the laptop = $653.98 - Sales tax rate = 7.5% 1. Calculate the sales tax amount: \[ \text{Sales Tax} = \text{Listed Price} \times \text{Sales Tax Rate} \] 2. Add the sales tax amount to the listed price to find the total cost: \[ \text{Total Cost} = \text{Listed Price} + \text{Sales Tax} \] Let's calculate the sales tax amount and the total cost. Calculate the value by following steps: - step0: Calculate: \(653.98\times 0.075\) - step1: Multiply the numbers: \(49.0485\) The sales tax amount is $49.0485. Now, let's calculate the total cost by adding the sales tax amount to the listed price of the laptop. Calculate the value by following steps: - step0: Calculate: \(653.98+49.0485\) - step1: Add the numbers: \(703.0285\) The total cost of the laptop with sales tax included is $703.0285. Rounding to the nearest cent, the total cost is $703.03.