SOLUTION: Connie owns a retail store that sells educational materials. The sales tax rate is 6%. If her total receipts (including tax) are $895.91 for a certain day, what amount of tax was

SOLUTION: Connie owns a retail store that sells educational materials. The sales tax rate is 6%. If her total receipts (including tax) are $895.91 for a certain day, what amount of tax was

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: Connie owns a retail store that sells educational materials. The sales tax rate is 6%. If her total receipts (including tax) are $895.91 for a certain day, what amount of tax was collected? This question is from textbook intermediate algebra

Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let s be the total sales
:
s+.06s=895.91
:
1.06s=895.91
:
s=845.20
:
so taxes collected are:895.91-845.20=
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