You are the owner of Caché, a chain of women's clothing boutiques. Your state has a sales tax of 7%, 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 $705,250.   (a)How much of this revenue was sales (in $) and how much was sales tax (in $)? (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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You are the owner of Caché, a chain of women's clothing boutiques. Your state has a sales tax of 7%, 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 $705,250.
 
(a)How much of this revenue was sales (in $) and how much was sales tax (in $)?
(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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