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The sales tax in Ontario is 15%. Janis pays a total of $33.35 for a fishing pole. What is the cost of the fishing pole before sales tax?
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The sales tax in Ontario is 15%. Janis pays a total of $33.35 for a fishing pole. What is the cost of the fishing pole before sales tax?

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before sales tax its 6.66
User Christian Payne
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15% of 33.35 is 5.0025. So he paid $5 in sales tax. So subtract that from 33.35. The fishing pole was $28.35 before tax.
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