Question

The sales tax on a $350 computer is $ 22.75. find the sales tax rate.

Answer 1

Set up an equation to solve for the tax rate, x:

$350(x) = 22.75\\x = \frac{22.75}{350}\\x = 0.065\\x = 6.5%$

We can conclude that the tax rate on the computer was 6.5 percent.