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The cost of a certain shirt is $20 before a 5% sales tax is added. What is the total cost, including sales tax, to purchase the shirt?
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Choice C is correct. The total cost to purchase the shirt is the $20 cost of the shirt plus the 5% sales tax. The value of the 5% sales tax on the $20 shirt is equivalent to
, or $1. Therefore, the total cost to purchase the shirt is 
, or $21.
Choice A is incorrect and may result from neglecting to multiply by $20 when finding the value of the sales tax. Choice B is incorrect and may result from dividing by 10, instead of by 100, and then neglecting to multiply by $20 when finding the sales tax. Choice D is incorrect and may result from interpreting the sales tax of 5% as $5.
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