Question

1. a new ps2 game costs $45.00 plus 7% sales tax. what is the sales tax on the game?

tax: _________

1. a new backpack costs $80.00 plus 10% sales tax. what is the sales tax on the backpack?

tax: _________

1. the manager of a soda shop recorded the number of customers that put either cherry or strawberry flavoring in their soda. she classified them by age. the results are shown in the table.

	strawberry	cherry
age 5 - 20	12	5
age 20 - 80	15	18

what percentage put in strawberry flavoring? _________

Explanation:

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Step1: Identify the cost and tax rate

The cost of the game is $45.00, and the sales tax rate is 7% or 0.07 in decimal form.

Step2: Calculate the sales tax

To find the sales tax, we multiply the cost by the tax rate: $45.00 \times 0.07$.
$45.00 \times 0.07 = 3.15$

Step1: Identify the cost and tax rate

The cost of the backpack is $80.00, and the sales tax rate is 10% or 0.10 in decimal form.

Step2: Calculate the sales tax

Multiply the cost by the tax rate: $80.00 \times 0.10$.
$80.00 \times 0.10 = 8.00$

Step1: Find the total number of customers

First, we find the total number of customers who chose either strawberry or cherry flavoring. For strawberry: 12 (age 5 - 20) + 15 (age 20 - 80) = 27. For cherry: 5 (age 5 - 20) + 18 (age 20 - 80) = 23. The total number of customers is 27 + 23 = 50.

Step2: Calculate the percentage of customers who chose strawberry

To find the percentage, we divide the number of customers who chose strawberry by the total number of customers and multiply by 100. So, $\frac{27}{50} \times 100$.
$\frac{27}{50} \times 100 = 54\%$

Answer:

The sales tax on the game is $3.15.

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