edward would pay $5.49 on sales tax for an item that costs $61.00.
net price: $61.00
sales tax rate: 9.00%
the formula for finding sales tax is sales tax amount = net price x (sales tax percentage / 100).
total price = net price + sales tax amount.
so,
$61.00 x (9 / 100) = $5.49
total = $61.00 + $5.49 = $66.49
because this question is not asking for the total price, we can dismiss that.
input $5.49 as your answer. you've then completed this question.
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