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File Home Insert Formulas Data Review View Help Open in Desktop App Tell me what you want to do Editing V 11 v B Av av v... Ev ak Merge v General y $ v leto 2 % 2 Ey av Øv ♡ Calibri AZ - for А 1 Use the Math Word Problem 5 steps. B C D E F G H I J K L M N 3 Carmela Cruz owns a small restaurant and collects 10% sales tax on all orders. At the end of the day the she had a total of $3456 including the sales and sales tax in the cash register. What were her sales, not including sales tax? What was the amount of Sales Tax? 5

Answer 1

1. Problem Identification
To find sales and sales tax amount from given total amount
2. Information
Sales Tax=10%
Sales+Sales Tax = $3456
3. Equation
Let sales amount = x
Therefore, Sales Tax = 10% x = 0.1x
i.e. x+0.1x=Total amount
4.Problem Solving
x+0.1x=Total amount
Therefore,
x+0.1x=3456
1.1x=3456
x=3456/1.1
x=	$3,141.82
Therefore, Sales=		$3,141.82
Sales Tax
=Total-Sales
=3456-3141.82		$314.18
5. Answer Verification
Sales		$3,141.82
+Sales Tax @ 10%		$314.18
Total		$3,456.00