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Glen Andrews recently bought a motorcycle for 3,950. If he had to pay 6% sales tax on the bike, what was the total cost of the motorcycle

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Total Cost = Price + 6% × Price
Total Cost = Price × (1 + .06) . . . . . . factoring out Price

The total cost was $3950×1.06 = $4,187.00
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