Question

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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?
A.the regular cost of the item
B.the discounted cost of the item (my answer)
C.the discount percent
D.the amount of the discount

Answer 1

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Answer 2

you are correct...the sales tax is 7% and the discounted price is c - .05c

Answer 3

Thank you