document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=775738>Question 775738</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tate bought a compact disc for $17.99. The sales tax on the disc was t dollars. What was the total cost including sales tax? Can you show work and explain it please. Thank you  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Normally you are given a sales tax rate, say 9%. Then you take 9% of the sale price of $17.99 and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) tax = 0.09*17.99 or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) tax = 1.6191 or to the nearest penny<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) tax = 1.62<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you add the tax to the price of the disc to get your total cost<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) cost = 17.99 + 1.62 or the cost is $19.61 - pay the clerk!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In your problem you a simply told the amount of the tax which is the same as our (3) above. It is not a number but a variable, t. So to get the total cost in your problem add the tax, t, to the price $17.99 and get your total cost of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5) Cost = 17.99 + t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer: the total cost, including the tax, is $17.99 plus t.<BR>\n" );
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