A family buys groceries for $150.52, including $10.80 in taxes. The bill includes $24.72 worth of items that are not taxable. Fi

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nd the sales tax rate. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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rjkz [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-11-20T05:21:15+03:00

Answer:

the sales tax rate is 8.59%

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the sales tax rate is as follows:

= Tax value ÷ Total taxes

= $10.80 ÷ ($150.52 - $24.72)

= $10.80 ÷ $125.80

= 8.59%

Hence, the sales tax rate is 8.59%

We simply applied the above formula to determine the sales tax rate