The tax on 1 dollar is 7 cents. What is the tax on 5 dollars?

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The tax on 1 dollar is 7 cents. What is the tax on 5 dollars?

Two ways you can do this:

1. Every 1 dollar has 7 cents, so every 5 dollars has (1 * 5) = (7 * 5) = 35 cents
2. 7 cents is 7% of 1 dollar. So 7% of 5 dollars is 35 cents