The cost of a blackberry phone at John's Electrontics is $249.99. this cost includes a twelve percent sale tax. How much is the

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nordsb [41]

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The cost of a blackberry phone at John's Electrontics is $249.99. this cost includes a twelve percent sale tax. How much is the

initial cost of the phone.

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slamgirl [31] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-30T16:02:05+03:00

slamgirl [31]4 years ago

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Answer:

$219.99

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the price without the sale tax you find the opposite of 12%, which would be 88%. Then you multiply .88 by 249.99 to get 219.9912, and since it is money you round to the hundreth to get 219.99.