6% tax means 6% of $3.50
Convert 6% to decimal (move decimal 2 spots to the left): 6% ⇒ .06
Multiply 3.50 with .06 = .21 <-- That's .21 cents of 3.50
That means you have to pay an extra 21 cents. Add that to the $3.50 you had to pay.
$3.50 + $0.21 = $3.71 <-- Price after tax
Idk but it can't be 10 or 9.7 bc a triangle's hypotenuse is always longer than its legs
Answer:
She purchased the item at a price of Rs 1,406.
Step-by-step explanation:
5% of discount:
This means that she paid 100% - 5% = 95% = 0.95 of the original price of x, that is, 0.95x, and 0.05x was the discount.
Original price:
She got the discount amount of Rs 74.
74 is 5% of the original price, that is:



What price she purchased:
74 subtracted from the original price, that is, x - 74. So 1480 - 74 = 1406.
She purchased the item at a price of Rs 1,406.