What is the sales tax on a $8.50 purchase if the sales tax rate is 6.5?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-22T22:52:30

$$8.50 xx 0.065 = $0.5525$ cents rounded to $$0.55$ or $55$ cents.

The sales tax rate is usually a percentage (assumed here). $6.5$ percent equals $0.065$ (percent means "per 100" so is divided by $100$ ).