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A single reese cup cost $.25 each, you bought 5 and the sales tax is 5%. How much did you spend?

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$1.31, If you bought 5 pieces for 25¢ its a 1.25 as your total and now you have to add sales tax so if you calculate 5% of 1.25 you get .0625 now if you round that to the nearest hundredths place you get .06 so now add .06 to the total $1.25, you get $1.31
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