Jenny bought scrapbook supplies for $70.75. She paid $5.66 in sales tax. What was the sales tax rate on the supplies? If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Guess what? I figured it out in like, 2 minutes!!
Make a fraction: 5.66/70.75
Times it by 100 and you have your answer: 8%
i just need the dam answer
yall the answer is 8% lolol
Ive been stuck on this problem for a hot min, thank u to whoever gave us the answer. It was tripping me out cause we dont know if 70.75 includes the 5.66 smh
To find the sales tax rate on the supplies, we need to divide the amount of sales tax paid by the total amount of the purchase.
The amount of sales tax paid is $5.66, and the total purchase amount is $70.75.
So, we can calculate the sales tax rate as follows:
Sales Tax Rate = (Sales Tax Paid / Total Purchase Amount) * 100%
Sales Tax Rate = ($5.66 / $70.75) * 100%
Now let's do the calculation:
Sales Tax Rate = 0.08 * 100%
Sales Tax Rate = 8%
Therefore, the sales tax rate on the supplies is 8%.
I don't get this
Ms. Sue it doesn't say in the word problem
yall are dumb
Does 70.75 include the sales tax?
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