document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=325740>Question 325740</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a pair of shoes costs 52.99 and the state sales tax is 8%. use the formula C=p+rp to find the total cost of the shoes, where C is the total cost,p is the price, and ris the sales tax rate. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The state sales tax is 8%, which can be changed to decimal form by dividing by 100: 8/100 = 0.08.  So r = 0.08.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you can plug both of these values into the formula to find the total cost of the shoes (c):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = p + r*p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 52.99 + (0.08)*(52.99)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 52.99 + 4.2392<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 57.2292<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the total cost of the shoes is $57.23. </SPAN>\n" );
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