document.write( "Question 310595: At the end of the day, a storekeeper had $1144 in the cash register, counting both the sale of
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At the end of the day, a storekeeper had $1144 in the cash register,
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\n" ); document.write( " Find the amount that is the tax.
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\n" ); document.write( "Here is a method that shows you what is going on here
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\n" ); document.write( "Let a = amt for the sale of goods only
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\n" ); document.write( ".04a = amt of tax
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\n" ); document.write( "A simple equation
\n" ); document.write( "a + .04a = 1144
\n" ); document.write( "1.04a = 1144
\n" ); document.write( "a = $\"1144%2F1.04\"$
\n" ); document.write( "a = $1100 for the goods
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( ".04(1100) = $44 is amt of the tax \n" ); document.write( "

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