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The sales tax on a $350 computer is $$22.75. What's the sale tax rate?

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if the tax rate is "x", then we can calculate it like this:

350*x=22.75

we calculate this by dividing both sides by 22.75:

x=
(22.75)/(350)

this means:

x=0.065

or to put it in percentage:
x=6.5%

that's the tax rate!
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