Samantha said adding 6% to the cost of an item for sales tax makes the total cost 106% of the original price. joshua disagrees. is samanthas reasoning accurate?

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asked Jul 7, 2018 144k views

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Aven Desta · Answer 1 · 2018-07-13T08:43:48+0000

Yes.

100% of a price plus 6% of the price is the same as saying 106%

Percent mean per one-hundred...

c*(100/100)+c(6/100)=c(106/100)