Question

Here are the prices of some items and the amount of sales tax charged on each in Nevada. row 1 cost of item ($) sales tax ($) row 2 10 0.46 row 3 50 2.30 row 4 5 0.23 What is the sales tax rate in Nevada

Answer 1

4.6%

Explanation:

Cost of item __ sales tax

10 ___________0.46

50 __________ 2.30

5 ___________ 0.23

To obtain the sales tax % :

Sales tax % * cost of item = amount of sales tax

Let sales tax % = x

Using any of the rows in the table :

x * 10 = 0.46

x = 0.46 / 10

x = 0.046

x = (0.046) * 100% = 4.6%