of the total amount that jill spent on a shopping trip , excluding taxes , she spent 60 percent on clothing , 10 percent on food , and 30 percent on other items . if jill paid a 4 percent tax on the clothing , no tax on the food , and an 8 percent tax on all other items , then the total tax that she paid was what percent of the total amount that she spent , excluding taxes ?
"let amount spent by jill = 100 clothing = 50 , food = 20 , others = 30 tax on clothing = 2.4 tax on others = 2.4 percentage = 4.8 / 100 = 4.8 % answer : e"
multiply(divide(add(multiply(60, divide(4, const_100)), multiply(30, divide(8, const_100))), const_100), const_100)