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Luanne buys a piece of fabric that is 7 1/2 feet long.The cost of the fabric is $0.50 per foot and there is 8% sales tax . What is the total cost of the fabric.

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Answer:

$4.05

Explanation:

first we have to find the cost of it before sales tax

we can do this with the expression

7.5 *0.5

this simplifies to $3.75

now we just have to find the value after sales task

we can do this with the expression

3.75*1.08

this equals $4.05

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