A supermarket in California buys cigarettes for $2.47 per pack and marks them up 25%, rounded to the nearest cent. If the federal excise tax per pack is $1.01 and the California excise tax per pack is $0.87, what is the price of a pack of cigarettes at this supermarket store

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A supermarket in California buys cigarettes for $2.47 per pack and marks them up 25%, rounded to the nearest cent. If the federal excise tax per pack is $1.01 and the California excise tax per pack is $0.87, what is the price of a pack of cigarettes at this supermarket store

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