PROBLEM 12-15 In Mississippi, a customer pays $52.41 for a product (including MS state sales tax). In Alabama, a customer pays $
53.36 for the same product. In Virginia, the customer pays $51.71 for the same product. In all three states, the sticker price (price before state sales tax is added) is the same. The average sales tax of the three states is 7.237%. Determine the sales tax in each state and the cost of the product from the information given. Express your answers in percent for sales tax and in dollars and cents for cost. (Do not include the $ or % symbol in your answer online, only the final value with two decimal places.) (Read the online version of this question carefully; it will ask for one of the values you found in a series of four questions.)
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