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If you spent $79 on groceries and you are charged 3% sales tax, how much will you pay in taxes?

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The answer is $2.37.

Explanation:

All you need to do is multiply 0.03 and 79. You do that because you essentially need to find 3% of the total (79) and in the decimal format 3% equals 0.03. The answer of the multiplication problem is 2.37.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

It would be $2.37 because that is 3% of 79.

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