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When you go to safeway, you spend $4.65 for cheese, $4.00 for bananas and $1.99 for a snickers candy bar. if the sales tax rate is 6%, what is your total cost?

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Final answer:

To calculate the total cost, add up the costs of each item and then add the sales tax. The total cost is $11.28.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the total cost, we need to add up the costs of each item and then add the sales tax. The cost of cheese is $4.65, the cost of bananas is $4.00, and the cost of the Snickers candy bar is $1.99. Adding these together, we get $4.65 + $4.00 + $1.99 = $10.64. Next, we need to find the 6% sales tax on this amount. To do this, we multiply $10.64 by 0.06 to get $0.64. Finally, we add the sales tax to the total cost: $10.64 + $0.64 = $11.28. So, the total cost is $11.28.

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