
Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller
Edition 12ISBN: 978-0132605540
Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller
Edition 12ISBN: 978-0132605540 Exercise 198
Solve the following application problem. (See Examples.)
Finding Sales When Sales Tax Is Given
One week, a Famous Footware store collected sales taxes of $780. If the sales tax rate is 5% find total sales for the week.
SOLUTION
Here, the rate of tax collection is 5% and taxes collected are a part of total sales. The rate in this problem is 5%,he part is $780, and the base, or total sales, must be found. Arrange the problem in standard form.
Using the formula B =
we get
The calculator solution to this example is
Finding the Amount of an Investment
Roberta Gonzales received $162.50 in interest from an account that paid 1.25, interest for the year. Find the amount of money invested in the account.
SOLUTION
The part ( P ) is the $162.50 in interest and the rate ( R ) is 1.25,. The whole, or base ( B ), is unknown.
The original investment was $13,000.
MAN'S BEST FRIEND In a recent survey of dog owners, it was found that 901, or 34%, of the owners take their dogs on vacation with them. Find the number of dog owners in the survey who do not take their dogs on vacation. ________________

Finding Sales When Sales Tax Is Given
One week, a Famous Footware store collected sales taxes of $780. If the sales tax rate is 5% find total sales for the week.
SOLUTION
Here, the rate of tax collection is 5% and taxes collected are a part of total sales. The rate in this problem is 5%,he part is $780, and the base, or total sales, must be found. Arrange the problem in standard form.

Using the formula B =


The calculator solution to this example is

Finding the Amount of an Investment
Roberta Gonzales received $162.50 in interest from an account that paid 1.25, interest for the year. Find the amount of money invested in the account.
SOLUTION
The part ( P ) is the $162.50 in interest and the rate ( R ) is 1.25,. The whole, or base ( B ), is unknown.

The original investment was $13,000.
MAN'S BEST FRIEND In a recent survey of dog owners, it was found that 901, or 34%, of the owners take their dogs on vacation with them. Find the number of dog owners in the survey who do not take their dogs on vacation. ________________

Explanation
Let the unknown value be the size of the...
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