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Khalid purchased 4 items at the dollar store. He was surprised that the total did not equal $4.00. Brian did not realize that the store required 5 1/2% sales tax. How much was Brian’s total bill including sales tax?

Khalid purchased 4 items at the dollar store. He was surprised that the total did-example-1
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Answer:

B. $4.22

Explanation:

51/2 % can be put into decimal form as 0.055

To find what 5 1/2% of $4 is you simply need to multiply 4 by 0.055

which makes $0.22

add that to $4 and you have your answer

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