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An ad features a bicycle on sale for $139. If the total cost of the bike is $147.34, what is the sales tax rate?

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Sales Tax is 6%
What I Did:
147.34/139 = 1.06
1.06 x 100 (Due to out of 100 Percent) = 106
100% = 139
6% = 8.34
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