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A souvenir mug sells for $8.00 at a hotel gift store. Kendra gives the clerk $9.00 and receives $0.56 in change. What is the sales tax rate?
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A souvenir mug sells for $8.00 at a hotel gift store. Kendra gives the clerk $9.00 and receives $0.56 in change. What is the sales tax rate?

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If the mug costs $8 and Kendra got back $0.56 back for paying $9 than to find the tax rate you would divide $0.56 by $8 which would end up to be 0.07 percent as the tax rate.
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