Solve the problem.Marianne is planning a shopping trip to buy birthday gifts for her son. She estimates that the total price of the items she plans to purchase will be between $350 and $400 inclusive. If sales are taxed at a rate of 8.375% in her area, what is the range of the amount of sales tax she should expect to pay on her purchases? If Marianne's budget for the shopping trip is $425, will she necessarily be able to buy all the gifts that she has planned?
What will be an ideal response?
$29.31 ? x ? $33.50, where x represents the amount of sales tax; no
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