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document.write( "A man goes to a grocery store and buys a grapefruit and toyball. A 7% tax is applied to the price of non-food items. If the total bill is $5.15, including a 0.18 tax for the toyball, what are the prices of both items? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A 7% tax is applied to the price of non-food items. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the total bill is $5.15, including a 0.18 tax for the toy ball, what are the prices of both items?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What do you mean by \"a 0.18 tax for the toy ball\"?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is that supposed to be 18 cents or an additional <BR>\n" );
document.write( "18%.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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