In some states, you pay a sales tax on items you purchase. A sales tax is a percent of what a customer pays for an item that costs c dollars. The expression 0.07(c – 0.05c) represents the amount of sales tax in a certain state that would be collected on an item that has been discounted by a certain percent. The expression has two factors.

What is the sales tax percent?

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In some states, you pay a sales tax on items you purchase. A sales tax is a percent of what a customer pays for an item that costs c dollars. The expression 0.07(c – 0.05c) represents the amount of sales tax in a certain state that would be collected on an item that has been discounted by a certain percent. The expression has two factors.

What is the sales tax percent?

aum · Answer

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aum · Answer

0.07 is the sales tax in decimals.
Convert to percentage.  Multiply by 100.
0.07 * 100 = 7% sales tax

c is the cost of the item and 0.05 * c is the discount on the item.

anonymous · Answer

HELLO

aum · Answer

Yes?

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