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PLESE HELP! Often when you buy something, you pay a percent of the price as a tax.

Suppose you pay a 7% tax on an item. What percent of the price of the item
will you pay?

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Answer:

7% or 0.07

Explanation:

User Frederick Cheung
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You will pay 107% of the items price. Without tax, you would pay full price, or 100%. Because there is a 7% tax, though, you simply add that percent to 100.
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