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Which would be a good estimate for the tax on $97.95 if the tax is 9.5%?
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Which would be a good estimate for the tax on $97.95 if the tax is 9.5%?

User Eden Moshe
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answer: $10.00

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User Mottie
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Since we are estimating the tax, we will round both the price and the tax to make it easy to perform the math mentally...

Round $97.95 to $100
Round 9.5% to 10%

10% of 100 =
.10 x 100 = 10

10 dollars is the best estimate for the tax.
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