document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1114643>Question 1114643</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a sales tax is increasing from 5% to 6% is it only increasing by 1% or is the sales tax going up by 20%? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "6 - 5 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6-5)/5 = 0.2 = 20%<BR>\n" );
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