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A group of friends went to lunch. the bill, before sales tax and tip, was $58.40. a sales tax of 7% was added. the group then tipped 18% on the amount after the sales tax was ad…

A group of friends went to lunch. the bill, before sales tax and tip, was $58.40. a sales tax of 7% was added. the group then tipped 18% on the amount after the sales tax was ad…
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a group of friends went to lunch. the bill, before sales tax and tip, was $58.40. a sales tax of 7% was added. the group then tipped 18% on the amount after the sales tax was added. what was the amount, in dollars, of the sales tax?

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determine sales tax first change 7% to a decimal =0.07. then multiply  58.40x0.07= $4.08 (amount of sales tax)
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