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A rug is priced at $239.99. There is a 7% sales tax.
How much is the tax on the rug?

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User Covich
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There is a $16.80 tax on the rug




Explanation: When finding the tax you multiply the price of the item by the percentage of the tax, so in this case it would be $239.99 x .07 to get the product of 16.7993 then you would round it to get $16.80
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