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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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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)
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