5.Griselda budgets forty dollars per month before sales tax for clothes. How much will she spend on clothes each month if she is charged seven percent sales tax?

thirty-seven dollars and twenty cents

forty-two dollars and eighty cents

forty-seven dollars

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5.Griselda budgets forty dollars per month before sales tax for clothes. How much will she spend on clothes each month if she is charged seven percent sales tax?

thirty-seven dollars and twenty cents

forty-two dollars and eighty cents

forty-seven dollars

anonymous · Answer

ok i should learn to read
she budgets $40 before tax
then increase by 7% by finding 
$$40\times (1.07)$$

anonymous · Answer

7% of $40

anonymous · Answer

$.07\times 40=.7\times 4=2.8$ so $42.80$

anonymous · Answer

Thats what I just did. I got it right!!!! thx