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6.1 Exercise 129

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Sales tax Felipa says she has an easy way to estimate the sales tax when she makes a purchase. The sales tax in her city is 9.05%.\text{9}.\text{05}\% . She knows this is a little less than 10%.\text{10}\% .

  1. ⓐ Convert 10%\text{10}\% to a fraction.
  2. ⓑ Use your answer from ⓐ to estimate the sales tax Felipa would pay on a $95\$\text{95} dress.

OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 6.1 Understand Percent, exercise 129

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