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2. Lindsay has $75 to spend on a stereo boom box. The sales tax rate is 6.5%. What is the highest price boom box she can afford to buy?

2. Lindsay has $75 to spend on a stereo boom box. The sales tax rate is 6.5%. What is the highest price boom box she can afford to buy?
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2. Lindsay has $75 to spend on a stereo boom box. The sales tax rate is 6.5%.

What is the highest price boom box she can afford to buy?

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6.5% = 0.065

0.065 x 75 = 4.875

75 + 4.875 = 79.875
The highest price is 79.875
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