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If a sweatshirt cost $45, and sales tax is 7%, how much tax did you pay?

User Sfseyhan
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Answer:

Step 1: take the total price and divide it by one plus the tax rate.

Step 2: multiply the result from step one by the tax rate to get the dollars of tax.

Step 3: subtract the dollars of tax from step 2 from the total price.

Pre-Tax Price = TP – [(TP / (1 + r) x r]

TP = Total Price

User Lois
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$48.15

Good Luck!!! :)

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