SOLUTION: A restaurant sells pizza specials at a flat rate with the 6% sales tax built into the price. The total sales for the pizza specials for the day are $316.93. How can I figure out
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Question 704745: A restaurant sells pizza specials at a flat rate with the 6% sales tax built into the price. The total sales for the pizza specials for the day are $316.93. How can I figure out how much of the total $316.93 was for 6% tax.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The flat rate is 100 parts just-pizza plus 6 parts tax. The sales of the day $316.93 are 100 parts of sales in just-pizza plus 6 parts tax.
Total parts of the price are 106, and 6 of them are tax.
Your amount of sales that was actually tax is dollars.
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