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Jake is buying a sweater with a price of $30 shown on the tag. The store is having a sale that will reduce the price by 30%. Sales tax of 5% will be added to the final purchase price. What is Jake’s total cost for the sweater? (I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER. BUT I NEED THE WORK FOR THE ANSWER TO SHOW MY TEACHER) (the answer is $22.05)

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Reducing

30-30*0.3=

21

21+21*0.05=22.05

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