A shirt priced at x dollars is discounted before tax is added. The final price in dollars is described by the expression below. 1.06(x - 0.4x) what is the sales tax for the shirt?

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Answer: 6%

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Price of shirt is [tex]x[/tex] dollars

Shirt gets a discount and then a tax on purchase.

Final price is [tex]1.06(x-0.4x)[/tex]

In the above expression [tex]x-0.4x[/tex] represents the discount on the shirt which is equivalent to 40%.

The above expression is multiplied with 1.06, which indicates a sales tax of 6% as 6% can be written as 0.06.

Thus, the sales tax is 6%.