Lexis wants to buy a new snowblower for 315.55. the local sales tax is 6.5%. How much sales tax will she have to pay? Round to the nearest hundredth.

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To find the sales tax, we need to multiply the cost of the snowblower by the sales tax rate.

Sales tax = Cost of snowblower * Sales tax rate

Sales tax = 315.55 * 0.065

Sales tax = 20.49875

Rounded to the nearest hundredth, the sales tax Lexis will have to pay is $20.50.