document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1111309>Question 1111309</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A man buys a washing machine that is on sale the washing machine usually sells for $450 but is on sale for 20% off is the sales tax rate in history is 6% how much is the total bill for the washer  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #726296 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=726296\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 450*0.2 =  90 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "450-90 = 360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or you can take this short cut:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450*0.8 = 360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now add the sales tax, again you can take a short cut:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "360*1.06 = 381.60<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do the short cuts work? 20% is 20 percent, and per-cent means for every hundred. To make our calculations easy, we divide the percentage by 100:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20/100 = 0.2 now we have that 20% is the same as 0.2 of 1. 1 is the primal number, every natural number except 0 is made up of 1s. So now it's easy to calculate the 20% of any number, just multiply times 0.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Likewise with the tax, it's 6% and 6/100 = 0.06, now add 0.06 + 1 and multiply it to any number you choose to add 6% to the number.<BR>\n" );
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