Betty jo bought a new car and the sales tax of 15 of the cost of her car was added to the purchase price of $39,000. how much was the sales tax?

$5850

If 100% of the car price is 24,600 , then you need to find what 15% is.

To do this you can use the percentage formula:

Amount x

Now, you can simply plug the values into this

39000 x

39000 x 0.15 = 5850

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