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?

triciaal · Answer

the sales tax would be the factor 0.07     7/100    7%

anonymous · Answer

thanks

triciaal · Answer

percent means per 100
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