SOLUTION: Calculate the cost of a repair job on a car that required $786.00 in parts with a 7% sales tax. The job took 7.3 hours to finish at a labor rate of $65.00 per hour

Question 607090: Calculate the cost of a repair job on a car that required $786.00 in parts with a 7% sales tax. The job took 7.3 hours to finish at a labor rate of $65.00 per hour
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Calculate the cost of a repair job on a car that required $786.00 in parts with a 7% sales tax. The job took 7.3 hours to finish at a labor rate of $65.00 per hour
cost = "cost of parts" + "tax" + "cost of labor"
cost = 786 + .07(786) + 7.3(65)
cost = 786 + 55.02 + 474.5
cost = $1315.52

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