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An item is priced at $13.12. If the sales tax is 5%, what does the item cost including sales tax?

User Matt Wyeth
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Answer:

$13.78

Explanation:

to get the tax, you multiply $13.12 by 0.05, which would be 0.656. then you add that to the original price of 13.12 and round it up to get your answer

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