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Hey Guys...I need help again...

To what percent should the taxes for each service be rounded in order to make reasonable estimates?
Restaurant Server: 0 5 10 20
%
Florist: 0 5 10 20
%
Cab Fare: 0 5 10 20
%
Dog Groomer: 0 5 10 20

Hey Guys...I need help again... To what percent should the taxes for each service-example-1
Hey Guys...I need help again... To what percent should the taxes for each service-example-1
Hey Guys...I need help again... To what percent should the taxes for each service-example-2

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Answer:

Restaurant: 10%

Florist: 10%

Cab Fare: 0%

Dog Grommer: 5%

Explanation:

Essentially, the question is asking us to round each of the tax percentages.

So, let's go through each of the services and round the tax to a reasonable number.

Restaurant:

The tax here is 8.5%.

Rounding to 5% would be a bit too low, and 20% would be too high. So, the only reasonable estimate here is 10%.

Florist:

The tax here is 12%.

Rounding to 5% would be too low, and 20% would be too high.

10% is just a bit lower, so it's the most reasonable.

Cab Fare:

The tax here is 0%.

Since it's at 0, there's no need to add anything to it. So, it would just stay 0.

Therefore, the most reasonable estimate is 0%.

Dog Grommer:

The tax here is 5.75%.

Again, 0% is too low, 10% is a bit too high, and 20% is way too high.

So, the only reasonable estimate is 5%.

And we're done!

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