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Louisa is trying to read her grocery receipt, but it is blurry. The sales tax rate was 6.25%. 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 - canned tuna 5.25 tax-exempt, paper towels 6.89 taxable, straws 0.99 taxable, batteries 5.67 taxable


Sagot :

Tax on canned tuna : None
Tax on paper towels : 6.89*6.25/100=0.430625~$0.43
Tax on straws : 0.99*6.25/100=0.061875~$0.06
Tax on batteries : 5.67*6.25/100=0.35475~$0.35

Total taxes : 0.43+0.06+0.35=$0.84