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An item costs $20.00 and it has a sales tax rate of 4%. What is the amount of sales tax for that item?

User Dutzi
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Answer:

$0.80

Explanation:

To find the sales tax you:

Divide 4% by 100 ( because a percentage is always out of 100) {
(4)/(100)= 0.04}

Multiply 0.04 by 20 ( the answer becomes $0.80)

When doing this you primarily finding 4% of $20.

HOPE THIS HELPED

User Mor Shemesh
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0.8 ! hope this helps. you take 4% of 20 and that’s how you get the answer
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