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document.write( "Midtown Antiques collects 5% sales tax on all sales. If total sales including tax are $1568.14, find the portion that is sales tax. Round to the nearest cent. UGH..BEEN HURTING MY BRAIN..HELP!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If total sales including tax are $1568.14, find the portion that is sales tax.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the amt of the actual sales, without the tax, it will make sense to you then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let a = amt of sales<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".05a = amt of the tax<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sales amt + tax amt = total amt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + .05a = 1568.14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.05a = 1568.14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1568.14%2F1.05 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1568.14%2F1.05\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = $1493.47 amt of sales<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can find the amt of tax two ways<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract amt of sales from total amt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1568.14 - 1493.47 = $74.67 is the tax<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or multiply amt of sales by .05<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05*1493.47 = $74.67 also </SPAN>\n" );
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