Calculate new cost of the item with the sales tax

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The original price, the sales tax, and the total price must be in dollars and cents (rounded to 2 decimal places). The percentage of the sales tax is not sufficient.

Create a small program based on the following

// (calculates different sales tax based on an item price)

1. Declare all variables needed.

2. Prompt the user to enter the price of an item.

3. Get the item price from the keyboard.

4.Calculate the sales tax of the item:

----Use 8.5% if the item costs less than $550.

----Use 7% if the item costs $550 or more.

7. Display the original item price and sales tax amount onto the screen.

8. Calculate new cost of the item with the sales tax.

9. Display the total price of the item onto the screen.

NOTE: Please do not use cin or cout. Add a comment that says what each step is doing.

Reference no: EM132087320

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