SOLUTION: 8. You Buy a shirt for $16. The sales tax is 11%. How much tax do you pay on the shirt? How much do you spend on the shirt in total? (Tax & original amount)

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Question 1020419: 8. You Buy a shirt for $16. The sales tax is 11%. How much tax do you pay on the shirt? How much do you spend on
the shirt in total? (Tax & original amount)
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8. You Buy a shirt for $16. The sales tax is 11%. How much tax do you pay on the shirt? How much do you spend on
the shirt in total? (Tax & original amount)
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Sales tax is 11% of $16, which is $1.76.

In total you pay $16 + $1.76 = . . . (?)

Please calculate it yourself.