SOLUTION: 1. price$87.50
2.salestax rate=6%
how much is the sale tax?
how much will i pay for the item including tax, how i put this as an expression
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Question 685497: 1. price$87.50
2.salestax rate=6%
how much is the sale tax?
how much will i pay for the item including tax, how i put this as an expression
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6% is 6/100 = .06
.06(87.50) = 5.25 for tax
...
total
87.50 + 5.25 =
...
y = .06x + x ==> add the coefficients of x
or
where y is total after tax and x is the price of the item
y = 1.06(87.50)
y = 92.75
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