You are the owner of Caché, a chain of women's clothing boutiques. Your state has a sales t total revenue, including sales tax, of $159,750. (a) How much of this revenue was sales (in $) and how much was sales tax (in $)? sales $ sales tax $ (b) How much sales tax (in $) should be sent to the city? $ (c) How much sales tax (in $) should be sent to the state? $

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**Understanding Sales Tax Distribution in Retail: A Case Study**

You are the owner of Caché, a chain of women's clothing boutiques. Your state has a sales tax of 5%, and your city has an additional sales tax of 1.5%. Each quarter, you are responsible for making these tax deposits to the city and state. Last quarter, your stores had total revenue, including sales tax, of $159,750.

**Problem Breakdown:**

(a) **How much of this revenue was sales (in $) and how much was sales tax (in $)?**

- **Sales:** $ [Input Box]
- **Sales Tax:** $ [Input Box]

(b) **How much sales tax (in $) should be sent to the city?**

- $ [Input Box]

(c) **How much sales tax (in $) should be sent to the state?**

- $ [Input Box]

**Explanation:**

This exercise aims to help understand how sales tax is divided between city and state obligations and how to calculate total sales before tax from the total revenue.
Transcribed Image Text:**Understanding Sales Tax Distribution in Retail: A Case Study** You are the owner of Caché, a chain of women's clothing boutiques. Your state has a sales tax of 5%, and your city has an additional sales tax of 1.5%. Each quarter, you are responsible for making these tax deposits to the city and state. Last quarter, your stores had total revenue, including sales tax, of $159,750. **Problem Breakdown:** (a) **How much of this revenue was sales (in $) and how much was sales tax (in $)?** - **Sales:** $ [Input Box] - **Sales Tax:** $ [Input Box] (b) **How much sales tax (in $) should be sent to the city?** - $ [Input Box] (c) **How much sales tax (in $) should be sent to the state?** - $ [Input Box] **Explanation:** This exercise aims to help understand how sales tax is divided between city and state obligations and how to calculate total sales before tax from the total revenue.
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Step 1: Sales and sales tax.

Sales means selling of product in exchange for money.

Sales tax means the tax on the sales or the % deduction from sales.

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