Question

The price of a silk scarf is $32 The sales tax is $1.92 What is the sales-tax rate

Answer 1

0.06. if you take 1.92 and divide it by 32 (to got the sales tax) and then to check it you put.06*32=1.92

Answer 2

Answer:

$Rate \:of \:sales \:tax ≈ 6\%$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given cost price of the silk scarf (c.p) = $32

sales tax paid (t) = $1.92

Rate of sales tax = r%

$r = \frac{t\times 100}{c.p}\\=\frac{1.92\times 100}{32}\\=5.96875\\≈6\%$

Therefore,

$Rate \:of \:sales \:tax ≈ 6\%$

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