Question

pack of cinnamon-scented pencils sells for $4.00. What is the sales tax rate if the total cost of the pencils is $4.16?

Answer 1

the formula is is/of. so the is = 4.16/4.00 and percentages are out of 100. x/100 = 4.16/4.00. take 4.16*100 =416. 416/4=104/100=10.4%
answer 10.4%

Answer 2

the sales tax is .04, or 4 cents. .16/4=0.04. hope I helped!

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