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What is the tax (8%) on a $2.50 magazine

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2.50X.08=.2
tax is 20 cents 

8 percent =.08 as a decimal. to get the decimal of a percent pretend 8 percent is an 8 with an invisible decimal point at its right. so 8% is 8.0. to get a decimal of a percent, move the point two times to the left, and you will put in a 0 for the blank. so its ._8, where he blank is 0 and so 8%=.08
multiply 0.08 times 2.50 you'll get $0.2 twenty cents