Verified Answer :

Statements: 

1# 
Melissa bought a cake of cost $75.
2# The tax that has to be paid for the product is 10% of the cost of the product, itself.

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Total amount of money = @@MATH_TOKEN_0@@
 
                                         = $
75 + $7.5                                         
                                         = $82.5 

Answer:

the total amount she paid for the cake, $82.5

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the statement:

Melissa bought a cake that cost $75.

⇒Cost of cake = $75

It is also given that:

The sales-tax rate is 10 percent.

then

Sale tax she gave on cake = @@MATH_TOKEN_0@@

We have to find the total amount she paid for the cake.

@@MATH_TOKEN_1@@

Substitute the given values we have;

@@MATH_TOKEN_2@@

therefore, the total amount she paid for the cake, $82.5