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  • 27-01-2016
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the sales tax in the town where Amanda lives is 7%.Amanda paid $35.00 sales in tax on a new stereo.what was the price of the stereo

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Gia234
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  • 27-01-2016

If the tax is 7% or 35, how much is the stereo.

To figure this out you need to to make a proportion set up as part to whole.

Part. 7. 35
------- ----- ------
Whole. 100. ???

???= 500

Hence you multiplied 7 by 5 to get 35, you need to multiply 100 by 5, or 500.

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