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Question 148952: Hello to the person reading this the topic I picked was the closest one to the actual. My question is a word problem. Here it is "Alisha bought a shirt with a marked price of $25.99. If the sales tax was 7%, what was the total price Alisha paid for the shirt?" I need to know how I get the total price. please answer this as soon as possible.
Sincerely, Taylor Cohron: Hello to the person reading this the topic I picked was the closest one to the actual. My question is a word problem. Here it is "Alisha bought a shirt with a marked price of $25.99. If the sales tax was 7%, what was the total price Alisha paid for the shirt?" I need to know how I get the total price. please answer this as soon as possible.
Sincerely, Taylor Cohron
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Hello to the person reading this the topic I picked was the closest one to the actual. My question is a word problem. Here it is "Alisha bought a shirt with a marked price of $25.99. If the sales tax was 7%, what was the total price Alisha paid for the shirt?" I need to know how I get the total price. please answer this as soon as possible.
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She paid the Price + 7%, or Price + 0.07*Price
So 2599 = Price*1.07
Price = 2599/107 = $24.29