Mr LeClair and Ms

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Mr. LeClair and Ms. Bartoli own adjacent hobby farms. They have just received their property tax bills for the current year. Mr. LeClair's property tax is $1,935 on a residence assessed at $200,000 and land with farm buildings assessed at $150,000. Ms. Bartoli's tax is $1,887 on her residence assessed at $175,000 and land with farm buildings assessed at $190,000. The regional government applies one tax rate to residences, and a lower tax rate to land with farm buildings. What are these property tax rates (expressed in percent to the nearest 0.01%)?

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