Suppose jamal purchases a pair of running shoes online for $60. if his state has a sales tax on clothing of 6 percent, how much is he required to pay in state sales tax?

a. $5.00
b. $6.00
c. nothing, because he bought it online.
d. $3.60

$3.6

Step-by-step explanation:

Given information

Price=$60

Tax=6%

6% of the shoe price is given by

Therefore, since the state requires the tax, he will pay $3.6 as sales tax

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for

step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

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etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

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