A student says the \(8\%\) sales tax on a \(\$50\) jacket is \(\$8\). Is the claim correct? Find the base price and tax.
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We’ll first compare the claimed tax with ten percent of the fifty-dollar jacket to establish a reasonable bound. Then we’ll identify the pre-tax price as the base, convert eight percent to a decimal, and calculate the actual tax. Dividing that tax by the base checks the rate before we classify the claim.
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