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3 years ago

The sales tax on a surfboard is $12. What is the percent of sales tax?

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1 answer:

Rudik [331]3 years ago

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X= sales tax %

Step 1:
$240 * sales tax %= $12
240 * x= 12
240x=12
Divide both sides by 240
x= 0.05 (decimal of the %)

Convert to %:
Multiply decimal by 100 (or move decimal to the right two decimal places
=0.05 x 100
=5 %

The sales tax is 5%.

Hope this helps! :)

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