Question

The sales tax on the model rocket shown is $1.92. What is the percent of sales tax? A drawing of a model rocket with a tag labeled 24 dollars.

Answer 1

Answer:

The sales tax is 8%

Explanation:

We are given that:

The price of the rocket is $24 and the sales tax is $1.92

To get the percentage of the sales tax, all we have to do is divide the sales tax by the price of the rocket and then multiply the quotient by 100 (to convert the ratio to percentage)

This is done as follows:

% of sales tax = $\frac{tax}{price}*100$

% of sales tax = $\frac{1.92}{24}*100 = 8$%

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