Fawzia went shopping for a new pair of sneakers. To find the total plus tax, she multiplied the price of the pair of sneakers by 1.0625. What percent tax did she pay?

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Fawzia multiplied the price of the pair of sneakers by 1.0625 to include the tax. The number 1.0625 can be broken down as follows:

\[ 1 + \text{tax rate} \]

Let \( x \) be the tax rate as a decimal. Therefore, we have:

\[ 1 + x = 1.0625 \]

To find \( x \), we can subtract 1 from both sides:

\[ x = 1.0625 - 1 = 0.0625 \]

To convert the tax rate \( x \) from a decimal to a percentage, we multiply it by 100:

\[ \text{Tax rate percentage} = 0.0625 \times 100 = 6.25% \]

Thus, the percent tax that Fawzia paid is:

\[ \boxed{6.25%} \]