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OpenStudy (alivejeremy):

Pittsburgh charges a 6% sales tax. Paula goes shopping and her purchases total $158. How much will she pay in taxes?

OpenStudy (mattfort3212):

is 135.68 a choice?

OpenStudy (alivejeremy):

No

OpenStudy (mattfort3212):

wait read wrong

OpenStudy (mattfort3212):

167.48?

OpenStudy (alivejeremy):

@poopsiedoodle

OpenStudy (alivejeremy):

No

OpenStudy (alivejeremy):

$8.34 $9.58 $9.48 $9.68

OpenStudy (plainntall):

Taxes are a percentage of the price right? Can we express that as a fraction? \[\frac{ taxes }{ Price }\]

OpenStudy (plainntall):

If so then we know that \[\frac{ Taxes }{ Price }=6 percent= .06\]

OpenStudy (plainntall):

which means Taxes = Price x .06 which equals?

OpenStudy (plainntall):

mattfort3212 had figured out the tax correctly, but then added it to the price to figure out the total cost including tax.

OpenStudy (alivejeremy):

$9.48

OpenStudy (alivejeremy):

That's the answer ^

OpenStudy (plainntall):

Wonderful. Good job :D

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