the selling price for a pair of jeans is 39.98. There is a 4.5% sales tax on all purchases. How much would it cost to buy the jeans?

$41.78

Step-by-step explanation:

tax is 4.5% on top of original price of 39.98

so multiplying 39.98 by 1.045 gives us 41.78

you multiply by 1.045 because 4.5% is the same as 0.045 and the 39.98 represents 100% of the price so it is 1 and you are paying 104.5% of that price for it when tax is included

step-by-step explanation:

the original amount doesn't ''re just looking for the time it takes for 1/2 of the substance to we have

(1/2) =)     take the ln   of both sides

ln (1/2)   = )   and we can write

ln(1/2) = ) lne     and lne   = 1     so we have

ln(1/2) = -.1092t     divide both sides by -.1092

t = ln(1/2)/-.1092 = about 6.347 days = about 6.3 days (rounded)