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What is the amount of sales tax owned on a 6 dollar book if the tax rate is 5 percent

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30 cents sales tax i got this by 6x0.05 it is 0.05 because the tax is less than 10 so it is in the ones places give explanation if you didn't know.
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30%  6 times 5= 30, percent= 100 so put 30/100 and boom 30%
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