The answer is 13 to your question
To find the tax rate when given the initial price of an object and the final tax value, you use the equation: $350 * X = $22.75 (where X is the sales tax rate). Then solve:
$22.75/$350 = .065
So the rate is 6.5%
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Step-by-step explanation:

short explanation: 1) to add the 1st equation to the 2d; 2) to calculate the value of 'x', then to substitute x=13/5 into the 2d equation and calculate the value of 'y'.
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The answer will turn out to be y= 5 or y= -5.