Solutions to Section 6.1

1. $29.402. $182.70

Problem# Item Total Tax Rate Sales Tax

3 Clothing 3% $2.44

4 Cell Phone 5% $8.00

5 MP3 Player 6% $11.73

6 Computer 6.38% $102.06

7 Take Out 10.63% $5.30

8 Pickup Truck 7.75% $2,988.59

9. Sales tax = $4.52Total selling price = $90.34

10. Total selling price = $577.88Sales tax = $46.23

11. $155.03 12. $3.23

13. $34.13 14. $279.54 15. $357.35

16. Future Value = $26,848.8116. Interest = $6,848.81

17. $506.00

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Solutions to Section 6.2

Problem Item Total Tax Rate

Sales Tax Total Purchase Price

3 Laptop 4% $38.00 $987.99

4 Hiking Boots 5% $8.00 $167.95

5 DVD Player 6.5% $12.71 $208.26

6 Plasma TV 7.5% $150.00 $2,149.99

7 Play Tickets 10.63% $5.30 $55.15

8 Van 7.75% $2,198.33 $30,563.90

9a. $138.69 b. $5.59 c. $145.27

10a. $292.85 b. $16.11 c. $308.96

11a. $76.22 b. $5.72 c. $81.94

12a. $356.82 b. $39.44 c. $386.26

13a. $1,139.64 b. $72.94 c. $1,212.58

14. $49.98

15. $43,961.86

16. 68.08 17. 142.6152

18. 0.00364 19. $36.27

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