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 does the factor c – 0.05c represent?

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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 does the factor c – 0.05c represent?

anonymous · Answer

anybody

texaschic101 · Answer

well...the .07 is the 7% sales tax
the " c - 0.05c " is the discount....you have a 5% discount

anonymous · Answer

so it would be the discount percent

anonymous · Answer

a the regular cost of the item

       b the discounted cost of the item

       c the discount percent

       d the amount of the discount