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Given:
The formula for total cost is
where, p is the price of item and s is the sales tax rate (as a percent).
You pay $14.77 for an item priced at $14.
To find:
The the tax rate.
Solution:
You pay $14.77 for an item priced at $14. So,
Total cost (T) = $14.77
Price of item (p) = $14
Putting T=14.77 and p=14 in given formula, we get
Multiply both sides by 100.
Divide both sides by 14.
Therefore, the tax rate is 5.5%.
Answer:
option (c) 475
Step-by-step explanation:
let the automobile installment credit be 'C'
Given:.
Automobile installment credit accounted for 36 percent of all outstanding consumer installment credit
Now,
57 billion is of automobile installment credit
or
57 billion = × C
or
C = 57 × 3
or
C = 171 billion
now,
installment credit accounted = 36% of all outstanding consumer installment credit
or
171 billion = 0.36 × all outstanding consumer installment credit
or
All outstanding consumer installment credit = $475 billion
Hence, the correct answer is option (c) 475