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How to find final costLona wants to a buy raincoat for her goat. If the raincoatcosts $39.99 and has a sales tax rate of 7%. What will be theFINAL PRICE (with tax) of the raincoat?

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Cost of rain coat = $39.99

Sale tax = 7%

First, calculate the sale tax value:

39 . 99 x (7 / 100 ) = 39.99 x 0.07 = 2.7993 =2 .80

Finally, add the value to the initial cost:

Final price = 39.99 + 2.80 = $42.79

Answer: $42.79

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