Find the sales tax of 5% on a purchase of $156.34 $7.82 $8.52 $9.33 $10.56

$7.82.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given original price of the items = $156.34.

Also we are given sale tax is of 5% of the original price given.

In order to find the sale tax, we need to covert 5% into decimal first and then multiply that decimal by original price of the item/

5% in decimal form could be written as 0.05.

Now, 5% of $156.34 = 0.05 × $156.34 = 7.817.

We can round it to 7.82.

The answer is A

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