Griselda budgets forty-five 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?
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thirty-one dollars and fifty cents
forty-one dollars and eighty-five cents
forty-eight dollars and fifteen cents
fifty-two dollars

Question

Griselda budgets forty-five 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?
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 thirty-one dollars and fifty cents
 forty-one dollars and eighty-five cents
 forty-eight dollars and fifteen cents
 fifty-two dollars

anonymous · Answer

@LegendarySadist i know what to do 7% x 45$ = 3.15 but it is in none of my answers

anonymous · Answer

3.15 is the amount of sales tax that she has to pay. She also has to pay 45 for clothes. The questions wants to know the TOTAL cost (the two costs added together).

anonymous · Answer

can it be similar  to 31.50

anonymous · Answer

is 48.15 the answer

anonymous · Answer

Well 45+3.15=48.15 so yes, that should be the answer :)

anonymous · Answer

yay thanks

anonymous · Answer

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