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Jamal bought a computer game for $47.75 and a printer cartridge for $28.39. The sales tax on his purchase was 8.5%. How much, in dollars, did Jamal pay in sales tax? Round your nearest cent (hundredth).

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We are asked to find the amount paid in sales tax after a purchase of items each priced at $47.75 and $28.39. First, we will add these two prices to get the overall price, like this:


\begin{gathered} \text{total = \$47.75+\$28.39} \\ \text{total}=76.14 \end{gathered}

We will now calculate the 8.5% of this amount, by multiplying it by 8.5/100, like this:


Tax=76.14((8.5)/(100))

Solving this we get:


\text{Tax}=6.47

therefore, Jamal paid $6.47 in sales tax

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