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The sales tax on a $500 purse is 7%. What is the total cost of the purse?

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Answer:

$535

Explanation:

First step is figure out what's 7% of 500, and then you can add the numbers together. To make it simpler, you can multiple 500 by 1.07, which would include the sales tax and the 500 altogether to get the answer.

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