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Monica lives in Ohio but she is visiting her grandmother in California. Monica goes shopping with her grandmother. She wants to buy a new bicycle that costs $89.00. The sales tax in California is 7.5%. Monica can buy the same bicycle at the same price when she returns home to Ohio where the sales tax is 7%. If Monica waits until she gets home to buy the bicycle, how much money will she save?

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Answer:

She will save $0.45 if she waits until she get home to buy the bicycle.

[tex]\text{ \$0.45}[/tex]

Explanation:

Given that;

At California the sales tax is 7.5%

And at Ohio the sales tax is 7%

The cost of the bicycle in both states is;

[tex]\text{ \$89.00}[/tex]

Since the price are the same in both states, the difference is only in the amount paid on the sales tax;

[tex]\begin{gathered} 7.5\text{\% - 7\%} \\ =0.5\text{\%} \end{gathered}[/tex]

So, the difference in sales tax which is 0.5% is;

[tex]\begin{gathered} d=0.5\text{\% of \$89.00} \\ d=\frac{0.5}{100}\times89 \\ d=0.445 \\ d=\text{ \$0.45} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, she will save $0.45 if she waits until she get home to buy the bicycle.

[tex]\text{ \$0.45}[/tex]

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