Question

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Jean is trying to read her grocery receipt, but it is blurry. The sales tax rate was 7.75%. She pays tax only on the items labeled with a T.

How much sales tax did she pay?

sales tax = $


Partial sales receipt with all amounts in dollars and cents - dog food 12.97 taxable, hand soap 3.39 taxable, peanut butter 2.99 tax exempt, pasta 1.12 tax-exempt

Answer 1

ok so you need to add the taxable items together and multiply them by .775 this will give you the amount of tax on the items