The total price he has to pay for the clothes is $27.83.
A word problem is a verbal description of a problem situation. It consists of few sentences describing a 'real-life' scenario where a problem needs to be solved by way of a mathematical calculation.
For the given situation,
Purchase price for clothes = $26.50
Sales tax = 5% = 0.05
Total price he has to pay for the clothes,
⇒ [tex]26.50+26.50(0.05)[/tex]
⇒ [tex]26.50+1.325[/tex]
⇒ [tex]27.825[/tex] ≈ [tex]27.83[/tex]
Hence we can conclude that the total price he has to pay for the clothes is $27.83.
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