Problem

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 \% $

Solution

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\% $

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