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A reservoir's water level decreased by over the summer due to evaporation. If the water level is currently at million liters, how much water was there initially?
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If sales tax on a \$36 pair of shoes is \$1.26, find the sales tax on a pair of shoes.
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First, find the sales tax rate by dividing the sales tax amount by the price of the shoes. Use the formula: \(\text{Tax Rate} = \frac{\text{Sales Tax}}{\text{Price}}\).
Substitute the given values into the formula: \(\text{Tax Rate} = \frac{1.26}{36}\).
Calculate the tax rate (you can leave it as a fraction or decimal for now).
Next, use the tax rate to find the sales tax on the \$250 pair of shoes by multiplying the tax rate by 250: \(\text{Sales Tax on } 250 = \text{Tax Rate} \times 250\).
Perform the multiplication to find the sales tax amount for the \$250 shoes (you can leave the final multiplication step for calculation).
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