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roland Purchasing pottery supplies for pottery class he buys a portable pottery wheel for $382 modeling clay for $12 and a pottery tool set for 16.14. If the tax rate is 8.25% find the total tax you paid then find the total cost of his purchases

User Eric Czech
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Hello!

First you have to find the total of the items he bought

382 + 12 + 6.14 = 400.14

Then you apply the tax rate

400.14 * 1.0825 = 433.15155

We round this to 433.15

The answer is $433.15

Hope this helps!
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