Question

jada has a meal in a restaurant she adds up the prices listed on the menu for everything they ordered and gets a subtotal of $42.00. When the check comes, it says they also need to pay $3.99 in sales tax. what percentage of the subtotal is the sales tax

Answer 1

9.5%

Explanation:

To find out the percentage, you do (3.99/42) * 100.

Answer 2

9.5%

Explanation:

To find the percentage, we take the tax over the subtotal

percentage = tax/subtotal

=3.99/42

=.095

Multiply by 100% to change from decimal to percent form

9.5%