A customer calculated the cost of a new jacket, c, including a 7% sales

tax, by multiplying 0.07 times the cost of the jacket and adding the

product to the cost of the jacket. What is another way to calculate the

price including tax? What expression represents the total cost?

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Jamie Huang

13 September, 03:32

A customer calculated the cost of a new jacket, c, including a 7% sales

tax, by multiplying 0.07 times the cost of the jacket and adding the

product to the cost of the jacket. What is another way to calculate the

price including tax? What expression represents the total cost?

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Brooklyn · Answer 1

We can put it into one step by multiplying the cost by 1.07 which basically takes into account the old cost of the jacket and the tax

the expression is

original amount * decimal multiplier (1.07) = new amount

A customer calculated the cost of a new jacket, c, including a 7% salestax, by multiplying 0.07 times the cost of the jacket and adding theproduct to the cost of the jacket. What is another way to calculate theprice including tax? What expression represents the total cost?

A customer calculated the cost of a new jacket, c, including a 7% sales

tax, by multiplying 0.07 times the cost of the jacket and adding the

product to the cost of the jacket. What is another way to calculate the

price including tax? What expression represents the total cost?