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A game for $40 and the sales tax is two dollars what percent of the game price are you paying sales tax

User Anuj Garg
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Answer: 5%

Step-by-step explanation: In order to calculate the sales tax rate you divide the amount of the sales tax by the purchase price.

$2/40 = .05 = 5%

The interest rate is 5%.

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