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Find the total selling price.
Alonzo and Catalyn Diaz paid a total of $23,289.26 for their new automobile. If the sales tax rate in their community is 6.5%, what was the total selling price of the Diaz's new automobile?


Sagot :

the assumption being that the tax is added to the amount advertised for the vehicle, namely 23289.26 + 6.5% of that.

[tex]\begin{array}{|c|ll} \cline{1-1} \textit{a\% of b}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{a}{100} \right)\cdot b \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{6.5\% of 23289.26}}{\left( \cfrac{6.5}{100} \right)23289.26}\implies 1513.8~\hfill \underset{\textit{total selling price}}{\stackrel{23289.26~~ + ~~1513.8}{24803.06}}[/tex]