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18. If Jeremiah buys a baseball glove for $44.99 and the sales tax is 6%, how much must he pay for the glove?

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First, we need to find the amount of sales tax that Jeremiah will have to pay. We can do this by multiplying the cost of the glove by the sales tax rate:

Sales tax = 0.06 x $44.99 = $2.70

Now we add the sales tax to the cost of the glove to find the total price:

Total price = $44.99 + $2.70 = $47.69

So Jeremiah must pay $47.69 for the baseball glove.

Alternatively, we could find the total price directly by adding the cost of the glove and the sales tax as decimal fractions:

Total price = $44.99 + (0.06 x $44.99) = $44.99 + $2.70 = $47.69

Either way, the answer is the same: $47.69.