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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$Sales Tax Rate = 7 %$

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

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

Step 3 ： $Sales Tax Rate = 7 %$