QUESTION 5
Solve the problem.
A kitchen table costs $ \$ 640 $. The sales tax is $ \$ 44.80 $. What is the sales tax rate?
$ 7 \% $
$ 9 \% $
$ 8 \% $
$ 0.7 \% $

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$ \text{Sales Tax Rate} = 7\% $

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Step 1 ：$ \text{Sales Tax Rate} = \frac{\text{Sales Tax}}{\text{Cost of Table}} \times 100 $

Step 2 ：$ \text{Sales Tax Rate} = \frac{44.80}{640} \times 100 $

Step 3 ：$ \text{Sales Tax Rate} = 7\% $