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A shirt is on sale for $25 at a local department store. The sales tax equals 1/25 of the shirt price. What is the total cost of the shirt including sales tax?

Answer 1

Eva Adamson

#$26#.

The sales tax (#x#) can be calculated as:

#x=25xx1/25#

#x=1#

The total cost of the shirt will be the sum of the price and the sales tax:

#25+1=26#

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Answer 2

Isaiah Anthony

To find the total cost of the shirt including sales tax, you need to add the sales tax to the original price of the shirt.

Sales tax = (1/25) * $25 =$ 1

Total cost = $25 (original price) +$ 1 (sales tax) = $26

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.