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document.write( "The state sales tax in New York is 0.0425 (or 4.25%). Your total bill at the department store included $2.21 in sales tax. One half of the merchandise puchased was nontaxable. What was the total bill? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The state sales tax in New York is 0.0425 (or 4.25%). Your total bill at the department store included $2.21 in sales tax. One half of the merchandise puchased was nontaxable. What was the total bill?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the sales tax is 4.25%, which calculates to $2.21 in taxes, we can the say that 4.25% of a number = $2.21, or in mathematical language:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".0425(N) = 2.21, with the the number represented by N\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=N+=+2.21%2F.0425 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"N+=+2.21%2F.0425\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or N = $52\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the merchandise purchased was non-taxable, then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the merchandise purchased was taxable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that $52 was taxable and $52 was non-taxable, which makes the total bill: $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28106.21%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28106.21%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, calculated as non-taxable amount plus taxable amount, plus taxes, or, $52 + $52 + $2.21. </SPAN>\n" );
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