Question

A rug is priced at $239.99. There is a 7% sales tax. How much is the tax on the rug?

Answer 1

There is a $16.80 tax on the rug




Explanation: When finding the tax you multiply the price of the item by the percentage of the tax, so in this case it would be $239.99 x .07 to get the product of 16.7993 then you would round it to get $16.80