We have been given that Mr. Luis wants to sell his house. The state he lives in charges a 3.5% sales tax on the sale of a house. The county charges a 3.9% sales tax, and the city charges a 2.2% sales tax.
We are asked to find the total tax, if Mr Luis sells his home for $122,500.
To find total tax, we will add all tax rates as they are being applied to same base.
Now we will find 9.6% of $122,500 to find total tax bill.
Therefore, the total tax bill of Mr. Luis would be .
<u>Answer:</u>
<h2>52% were jelly beans!</h2><u>Explanation</u><u>:</u>
<em>Cross </em><em>multiply </em><em>the </em><em>following:</em>
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<em>x </em><em>times </em><em>1</em><em>3</em><em>8</em><em> </em><em>=</em><em> </em><em>1</em><em>3</em><em>8</em><em>x</em>
<em>100 </em><em>times </em><em>7</em><em>1</em><em>.</em><em>7</em><em>6</em><em> </em><em>=</em><em> </em><em>7</em><em>,</em><em>1</em><em>7</em><em>6</em>
<em>Divide </em><em>both </em><em>sides </em><em>by </em><em>1</em><em>3</em><em>8</em><em>:</em>
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