If each can costs $23.97 plus 6% tax, what is the total cost? round to two decimal places.

The total cost for one can is: $25.41.

Let us assume that we want to know the total cost of ONE CAN.

To calculate our

$ 23.97 + [ (6/100) * 23.97)] = Our answer, in dollars.

Note: "6%" = 6/100 = 0.06

Rewrite as:

$ 23.97 + [ (6/100) * 23.97)]  = our answer, in dollars; 

    $ 23.97 + (0.06 * 23.97)

            =    $ 23.97 + 1.4382

            =      $ 25.4082 ; Round to decimal places, to get:
                                         → $ 25.41