At a dinner, the meal cost $22 and a sales tax of $1.87 was added to the bill.
1. How much would the sales tax be on a $66 meal?
2. what is the tax rate for the meals in this city
1. To find the sales tax on a $66 meal, we need to find the tax rate first. We can do this by calculating the tax rate for the initial meal and then applying it to the new meal.
Tax rate = Sales tax / Meal cost
Tax rate = $1.87 / $22
Now, we can find the sales tax on a $66 meal by multiplying the tax rate by the new meal cost.
Sales tax = Tax rate * New meal cost
Sales tax = ($1.87 / $22) * $66
2. To find the tax rate for meals in this city, we need to divide the sales tax by the meal cost and then convert it to a percentage.
Tax rate = (Sales tax / Meal cost) * 100
This will give us the tax rate as a percentage.