Which rules apply?

An element inherits the style of its container.
Later rules override earlier rules. That is, rules that appear later in an external sytle sheet, head, or style attribute override ones that appear earlier.
Closer rules override farther rules. That is rules in the head override rules in an external style sheet.
More specific rules override more general rules. style is more specific than id is more specific than class is more specific than element.

					specificity overrides closer overrides later.