Maizah bought a pair of pants and a briefcase at a departmental store. The sum of the prices of the pants and the briefcase before sales tax was 130.00.Therewasnosalestaxonthepantsanda9%salestaxonthebriefcase.ThetotalMaizahpaid,includingthesalestax,was136.75. What was the price in dollars, of the pants?
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Q4
For a certain car repair, the total charge consisted of a charge for parts, a charge for labor, and a 6 percent sales tax on both the charge for parts and the charge for labor. If the charge for parts, excluding sales tax, was 50.00,whatwasthetotalchargefortherepair?(1)Thesalestaxonthechargeforlaborwas9.60. (2) The total sales tax was $12.60.
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Q5
A Pigouvian Tax = a tax on a good with external costs.