Question 9475: I need the answer to this question asap!!
A pair of jeans cost $39.50.What is the total cost of the jeans with tax?? Answer by prince_abubu(198) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since the percentage of the sales tax is not given, we'll just say that it's p, and 0 <= p <= 1 since percentages have to be written in decimal form. It would be $39.50 (which is the cost of the jeans without tax) plus p percent of 39.50. In equation form, that would be . If we knew the percentage, we can actually figure out the price with tax. Since it wasn't given, we'll have to leave it at .
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