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angeli buys a pair of jeans for $27. he pays $0.07 in sales tax for every dollar of the price. write an equation to show how to calculate the sales tax on the jeans.

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so we'll say the total price is y and x is the number of dollars

y = x*(0.7) + 27

in this case

y = 27*(0.7) + 27
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Is there answer choices? It's simple but if you have something to chose from o can explain it to you better
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