Question

The sales tax on a $250 computer is $17.50. find the sales tax rate

Answer 1

Hello Moochie11,
The sales tax on this would be 7%
Ok so Imma add this for you :P
17.50/250.00=.07
.07=7%
Hope that helped more :P

~Naterator
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Answer 2

Tax=tax rate times cost of product
tax=17.50
cost of product=250
17.50=rate times 250
divide both sides by 250
17.50/250=rate
0.07=rate
percent means parts out of 100
0.07/1 times 100/100=7/100=7%
7%=rate

answer is 7% tax