Question

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Answer 1

tom buys a shirt for $22.00 plus 7% sales tax. his cousin buys a shirt for $18.00 plus 4% sales tax

a. how much do tom and his cousin pay for the shirts? show work.

B. who spent more on tax

Answer 2

.multiply the cost of the shirt by the sales tax ...then add the tax on to the cost of the shirt for the total price.

Answer 3

Another way to solve is to multiply the cost of the shirt by 1+sales tax

22 * 1.07 (shirt plus tax) = total cost. This eliminates one step

Answer 4

a) tom 23.54. cousin 18.72
b) tom spent more