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Monica paid sales tax of $1.50 when she bought a new bike helmet. If the sales tax rate was 5% , how much did the store charge for the helmet before tax.

Becky's Day
10% Eating
15% Free Time
10% Homework
25% School
40% Sleep

School - __ Hours
Eating - __ Hours
Sleep - __ Hours
Homework __ Hours
Free time - __ Hours

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1.50 - 0.5 = 1.00 1.00 = 1 It was subtraction problem
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For the first one there is not enough info for me to answer :( but the second one with the hours multiply 24 by the percent.

School- 6 hours
Eating- 2.4 hours
Sleep- 9.6 hours
Homework- 2.4 hours
Free time- 3.6 hours