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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the sales tax amount. purchase price is $32 and tax rate is 8%.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

We need to find out what 8% of 32 is. Let's plug this into a calculator. 32*0.08 gives us $2.56. The tax amount is $2.56, does this make sense?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

this makes sense. so the tax amount is $2.56?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Correct! If you want the grand total, simply add $2.56 to the original $32.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

32+8%

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