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How much sales tax should be added to the price of goods that sell for $15.00 if the tax rate is 6%?

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.90 is the answer...just to be clear for the people who just skim

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Answer:

Sales tax price paid is $0.9 .

Explanation:

As given

The price of goods that sell for $15.00 if the tax rate is 6% .

6% is written in the decimal form .


= (6)/(100)

= 0.06

Sales tax price = 0.06 × Price of item

= 0.06 × 15

= $ 0.9

Therefore sales tax price paid is $0.9 .

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