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document.write( "First you need to find the price of the shirt;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$15 * 1/5=$15*20%=$3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the shirt is reduced $3, $15-$3=$12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the price of the shirt is; $12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the sales tax on $12 would be;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$12*3%=$.36<BR>\n" );
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