SOLUTION: At the end of the day, a storekeeper had $1144 in the cash register, counting both the sale of
goods and the sales tax of 4%. Find the amount that is the tax.
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Question 310595: At the end of the day, a storekeeper had $1144 in the cash register, counting both the sale of
goods and the sales tax of 4%. Find the amount that is the tax. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! At the end of the day, a storekeeper had $1144 in the cash register,
counting both the sale of goods and the sales tax of 4%.
Find the amount that is the tax.
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Here is a method that shows you what is going on here
:
Let a = amt for the sale of goods only
then
.04a = amt of tax
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A simple equation
a + .04a = 1144
1.04a = 1144
a =
a = $1100 for the goods
then
.04(1100) = $44 is amt of the tax
