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Question 987272: I am trying to figure out how to do this problem and I know how to do it I just need an explanation of how, like, my first steps, ... Jamie paid $5.95 in sales tax on a text book that cost $85.00. Find the percent of the sales tax. .... Can you help me
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I am trying to figure out how to do this problem and I know how to do it I just need an explanation of how, like, my first steps, ... Jamie paid $5.95 in sales tax on a text book that cost $85.00. Find the percent of the sales tax. .... Can you help me
Sales tax percent = %28SALES_TAX_AMOUNT%2FCOST%29+%2A+100 

Substitute the sales tax amount, and the cost into the above equation, and the result will be the sales tax percent.