the sales tax for a certain state can ne found ny multiplying the purchase price by 1/20 what is the sales.tax on an item that i

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Juliette [100K]

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the sales tax for a certain state can ne found ny multiplying the purchase price by 1/20 what is the sales.tax on an item that i

s 25.60 express your answer as a decimal

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krek1111 [17] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-21T18:37:36+03:00

krek1111 [17]3 years ago

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First, convert 1/20 to decimal form:
1/20 = 0.05
This means that the sales tax rate is 5%.
Multiply the cost of the item times 0.05 to get the amount of the sales tax:
25.60 * 0.05 = $1.28 sales tax