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A pack of cinnamon-scented pencils sells for $9.00. What is the sales tax rate if the total cost of the pencils is $9.63

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9.63/9=1.07 so the sales tax is 7%
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the sales tax rate is 7 cents or $0.07. just divide 0.63 by 9.00 to get 0.07 (the sales tax)
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