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Marie buys a kite priced at $27. If the sales tax is 10%, how much tax
will Marie pay?

User Shamm
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When it comes to doing problems like this, I like to put things in fractions. I have attached the explanation :)
Marie buys a kite priced at $27. If the sales tax is 10%, how much tax will Marie-example-1
User Ito Pizarro
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Answer: $2.70

Explanation:

10% = 0.1

Take 27 times 0.1 = $2.70

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