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The price of an ice cream cone is $\$ 3.25$, but it costs $\$ 3.51$ with tax. What is the sales tax rate?
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We can do this by dividing the total cost with tax by the original price of the ice cream cone. This can be represented by the equation: \[X = \frac{\$3.51}{\$3.25}\] Show more…
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